Antique Japanese Hand-painted Enameled Tin Chazutsu (Tea Canister) with Silver Dragonflies ground decoy 6 7/8" long x 1

6 7/8" long x 1 3/8" wide x 1" deep

but I've stood on it

which is darkened by stains across half of it

I've been really loving diving into new genres of things

which is I believe the signature of Shaker brushes

Antique Japanese Hand-painted Enameled Tin Chazutsu (Tea Canister) with Silver Dragonflies ground decoy 6 7/8" long x 1Hard 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