Lovely Dome Top Antique Tea Caddy with Inlay dogs There is some paint loss

There is some paint loss around the lip and on the body decoration and some scattered stains/smudges

and flame like cacti dotting the landscape

from a dealer in Maine

and certainly its is a Civil war soldier in Union uniform captured in the image

not at all loose or fraying

Lovely Dome Top Antique Tea Caddy with Inlay dogs There is some paint lossA very handsome dome top box a 19th tea caddy with perfectly understated inlay at the keyhole and just below. I'm not a connoisseur of tea caddies, but this one, found in upstate NY near Albany, just struck me as a very elegant and lovely thing. With what I believe is birds eye maple lining the underside of the domed lid, two interior chambers, and lovely details. No key, but the lock is disarmed. 8" w x 4 3 4" d x 4 1 8" t and in excellent antique