a cellarette for wine maybe. the dimensions and metal lining are correct for this. i haven’t seen a double or triple wide like this before, and it probably was born with a stand that has since gone missing. if i’m correct, it’s worth a few hundred bucks or more.
I can’t tell real clearly from the picture, but it looks like an English tea caddy to me. They were lead or metal lined to keep the tea fresh, and had locks to keep the helps hands out of them. What are the dimentions of this?