Old Round Tin with Handpainted Modernist Lid (Couple Dings) rubber band gun Early 20th century I would

Early 20th century  I would guess

plain pink on the reverse

With plate hanger

but these I was sold on immediately for the beauty and grace of of their elongated turned forms

Old Round Tin with Handpainted Modernist Lid (Couple Dings) rubber band gun Early 20th century I wouldI found this painted tin in the same shop at the German enameled box with puppies listed today and they felt simpatico to me, as if this humble tin were painted by someone longing for a Bauhaus era German enameled box! There are few things I love more than aspirational transformations of mundane objects, and I think the lid here is pretty terrific. 5 5 8" diameter x 3 1 2" t. A couple of not inconsequential dings to the bottom of the tin, as