WAY COOL thank you MarthaHill! I have enjoyed learning about this stuff. I ordered these off e..y years ago for my foster mother and they actually were shipped from overseas. I am headed there now to...

It is Chinese, apparently. There is one exactly like one of the butterflies on the site that begins with e and ends in y that is described as:"Chinese Porcelain Celadon Blue and Iron Red Silver Accents...

Going with the Chinese and then Oriental designation, and Google research on how to read marks, I THINK the bottom states it is the Nian period and Zhi make. I have not found one image of a tin covered...

all of that silver (?) stuff comes off those boxes. I haven't touched it, but it is all tabbed onto the box and lid and appears to be applied after it was made. Should I take it off and see what's under...

I thought Blue Willow WAS Chinese. No wonder I can't find anything on Google! I don't know what I am talking about to ask it. Oh dear. Thank you for all you do. We are still building our one-room cabins...

1st butterfly 2nd fan 3rd other butterfly

just saw your reply, Martha. Will do at once.

I had great trouble getting these to load, and will be happy to post them to PhotoBucket or Facebook if need be. I wasn't sure if it was proper to post pics of all three and all of the pictures on the...