Antique Japanese Tin Sake Set

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NAME: Antique Japanese tin sake set (2 bottles & 5 cups), original wood box

MAKER: Signed on the inside lid

SIZE: Bottles are 4-3/4" (12.4cm) tall, the cups 7/8" (2cm) tall, diameter is 1-7/8" (4.7cm)

CONDITION: Few tiny bumps on the bottles which is mostly likely corrosion. Two small indentations and a larger one (thumb print size) toward the bottom of one of the bottles. The cups are slightly distorted (bent) around the rims. It is of thin metal near the top and can easily be bent out of shape. The box has light dents and scratches and some stains.

NOTES: Probably early Showa (30's). The necks of the bottles are wrapped bamboo or like material. Called tin but it may be considered pewter which is 85 to 99% tin. It has raised relief design with a lot of detail of a pine and a plum tree.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 23 July, 2010.