EXQUISITELY CRAFTED CHINESE OR JAPANESE TRINKET OR TEA BOX – WITH REPOUSSE RAISED RELIEF DETAIL OF A FIERCE DRAGON ON A FLOWER BACKGROUND, WRAPPED AROUND 2 IDEOGRAPHS – BOX. MEASURES ABOUT 3.5 inches WIDE AND ABOUT 1 inch HIGH. METAL IS THOUGHT TO BE PEWTER OVER SILVER POSSIBLY. THE BOX HAS 2 VERY CLEAR STAMPED MARKINGS OR INDENTATIONS ON BOTTOM OF BOX. OLD FAMILY HEIRLOOM – SPANS 4 GENERATIONS – PROVENANCE UNKNOWN – JUST BEAUTIFUL. Type: DRAGON TEA BOX. Region of Origin: China. The item is 18th CENTURY ANTIQUE CHINESE TRINKET OR TEA BOX PEWTER/SILVER CARVED DRAGONS 3.5 in WIDE. Estimated circa 1820s / 1880s. Box is a highly decorative piece which is in good condition with some wear on bottom In our family for 4 generations now. Made its way from Gibraltar, to French Morocco, to Israel and now the USA. Top Lid is exquisitely carved with a fierce, undulating, open mouth dragon wrapped around 2 Ideograms. Entire background and sides are small carved flowers Has 3 short flat feet. Box is stamped at bottom with 2 clear square indentation marks. Box is 3 & 1/2 in. Wide by 1 & 1/4 in. The item “REPOUSSE RELIEF CHINESE DRAGON BOX 18TH CENTURY 3.5 in WIDE” is in sale since Wednesday, June 07, 2017. This item is in the category “Antiques\Asian Antiques\China\Boxes”. The seller is “reina2331″ and is located in Chatsworth, California. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, South africa, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Norway, Saudi arabia, Ukraine, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Colombia, Panama, Jamaica.