Asian-themed Tole Painted Antique Tin Spice Box with Six Canisters glass creamer and sugar with a dark red lacquer

with a dark red lacquer interior

with just the right amount of dings and scratches

this would look great in all sorts of contexts

now missing its original stopper

Asian-themed Tole Painted Antique Tin Spice Box with Six Canisters glass creamer and sugar with a dark red lacquerOne sees a fair number of old hand painted (tole, also called Japanned) tin spice boxes like this, but rarely have I seen one painted so elaborately and with such care as this one; opening it for the first time to find those six great spices boxes inside was a very happy surprise! I especially love that large, gold painted flying bird on the corner of the box, and then that bee flying over water lilies on one of the spice containers. While still great