Asian-themed Tole Painted Antique Tin Spice Box with Six Canisters vintage pin A leather pull on the

A leather pull on the top with scalloped edge matches

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

so a picture or mirror would need to be adhered directly to the frame

and the more I look at real Chinese Cinnabar carving

This version is not as finely carved as those astounding pieces

Asian-themed Tole Painted Antique Tin Spice Box with Six Canisters vintage pin A leather pull on theOne 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