Antique Japanese Hand-painted Enameled Tin Chazutsu (Tea Canister) with Silver Dragonflies old Newbury crafters mouse painted stripes on the fins

painted stripes on the fins

but I’d leave it just as is

shorter than one typically sees

thought to be Mid-Western

Antique Japanese Hand-painted Enameled Tin Chazutsu (Tea Canister) with Silver Dragonflies old Newbury crafters mouse painted stripes on the finsHard to photograph because the gorgeous soft red on it pretty much glows, giving it a soft edge in photos but this is really a beautiful thing. C. late 19th c. Japanese I believe, with a pair of dragonfly painted in silver with tiny black eyes, this I believe would be referred to as a chazutsu, or tin for holding tea which it would do very well again now, though just beautiful set someone, especially alongside some silver of any sort or collection of