I've caught the antiquing bug. Actually, I'm a shopaholic without focus. Until now that is. My Father-in-law took my husband and I treasure hunting in a very small town a few weeks ago and he thought I had a "good eye" and the patience to be very good at finding stuff. A week later, I did some independent treasure hunting in my home town and I found this bottle. I paid about $18.00 for it hoping that it wasn't just a piece of crap. It was by far the most interesting thing in the entire store to my eye. But I hadn't seen anything like it before, so I began researching on the internet. It's been about a month and a half, and I finally found out what it was! It's an antique Japanese Tea Caddy. I'm still working on finding out more specific details, but at least I know what the damn thing is. The other one that I found is priced at $395.00. It's been haunting me. I deduced that it was made of Lead (yes, lead) and glass. I finally found a picture of a similar caddy on an antique website in Atlanta, GA. Hopefully they can give me more details. Pictured above is mine.
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