VERY OLD INTRICATELY ENGRAVED BRASS ENAMELLED CYLINDRICAL CANNISTER WITH LID

ANTIQUE OR VINTAGE (ACTUAL AGE IS UNKNOWN) BRASS CYLINDRICAL CONTAINER WITH LID. LATER MARK ON INSIDE LID WITH A PEN M/A 1306. A POSSIBLE INDICATION OF AGE PERHAPS?
 
HEAVILY DECORATED WITH ENGRAVING THAT HAS BEEN FILLED WITH ENAMELS. THERE APPEARS TO BE THREE COLORS OF ENAMEL, CREAM, RED, AND WHITE. CLOISONNE LIKE CANNISTER WITH THE DIFFERENCE THE BRASS APPEARS ENGRAVED NOT PLACED IN PLACE.
 
FROM THE STYLE OF DESIGN, ORIGIN IS PRESUMED TO BE INDIA. THE DESIGN MAINLY CONSISTS OF SWIRLING LEAVES AND FLOWERS TO THE BODY WITH A CENTRAL PEACOCK BIRD DESIGN ON LID.
 
NOT CERTAIN WHAT THIS WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO HOLD ... PERHAPS TEA? ... MAYBE SPICES? BUT JUDGED BY THE AMOUNT OF WORK GOING INTO THIS CANNISTER IT MUST HAVE HELD SOMETHING PRECIOUS AT THE TIME.
 
THE LID FITS SNUGLY ... NOT TOO TIGHT ... NOT TOO LOOSE.
 
SIZE: HEIGHT OF CONTAINER : ABOUT 11,5CM DIAMETER OF CONTAINER : ABOUT 11CM WEIGHT OF CONTAINER: ABOUT 450G
CONDITION: SOME ENAMEL COLOUR WEAR. VINTAGE PATINA ON INSIDE.  STRUCTURALLY SOUND
 
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