Early 20th century; the first, a Japanese silver-toned over copper tea caddy, with iris decoration to sides and dragon decoration to lid in high relief on a stippled ground, wood-lined interior with lid, with character mark to underside (5 1/2 x 6 x 4 1/2 in.); the second, an English brass tea caddy, wood and aluminum lined, with foliate relief decoration and "Tea" to exterior against stippled or hammered ground, raised on ball feet, not marked (7x 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 in.).

From the Collection of a Lady, Hillsborough, North Carolina

Japanese caddy with separating at hinge, and rubbing to silver-toned surface; English caddy with scattered denting and oxidation to interior.