Hand-Hammered Lidded Round Tin Cooking and Serving Dish man in traditional costume 6 1/4" long x 4

6 1/4" long x 4 1/4" wide x 3 3/16" tall

which seem mostly to date from the 1940s or so

While these have lost their lids formally

the equivalent to "foo dogs" in Chinese culture) repeating around the perimeter of both top and bottom halves of the box

narcissus or amaryllis

Hand-Hammered Lidded Round Tin Cooking and Serving Dish man in traditional costume 6 1/4" long x 4I think this lidded bowl is truly a gorgeous object, with a wonderful form and fantastic patina from age and use. I've found a few online with the same shape and structure, either clearly made of copper or described as tinned copper. I am not certain but it looks to me like this one is simply tin; either way, the metal is definitely hand hammered, and the irregularities make it really beautiful. I believe this would have been used for cooking as well