Asian-themed Tole Painted Antique Tin Spice Box with Six Canisters vintage pin The top opens easily and

The top opens easily and makes for easy grabbing of whatever is housed inside

and the more I look at real Chinese Cinnabar carving

I love its staight-foward elegance and wonderful patina

loss of paint in a few spots

A leather pull on the top with scalloped edge matches

Asian-themed Tole Painted Antique Tin Spice Box with Six Canisters vintage pin The top opens easily andOne 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