Japanese Lacquerware Tea caddy, What is she doing?

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  1. 916Bulldogs123

    916Bulldogs123 Well-Known Member

    Hi all Happy Friday.
    I've had this tea caddy for several years and have wondered what this this figure is doing.I keep thinking looking at herself in a hand mirror? Also wondering if it is older than 1940's as I originally thought?
    Mikey

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    916Bulldogs123, Mar 20, 2020
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  2. blooey

    blooey Well-Known Member

    This isn't a tea caddy - it more than likely held a stack of coasters.

    Pretty sure it isn't a hand mirror, (almost always circular) ...I've seen those things but can't recall what they are called
     
    blooey, Mar 20, 2020
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  3. flipper

    flipper Striving to face adversity with tact and humor

    Fly swatters?


    Seriously, why couldn't it just be a fan?
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  4. 916Bulldogs123

    916Bulldogs123 Well-Known Member

    I could have sworn it had tea in it when it bought it. Maybe it wasn't tea. lol
     
    916Bulldogs123, Mar 20, 2020
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  5. blooey

    blooey Well-Known Member

    maybe it is
     
    blooey, Mar 20, 2020
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  6. blooey

    blooey Well-Known Member

    :jawdrop: We used to call that stuff tea too back in the old days
     
    blooey, Mar 20, 2020
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  7. 916Bulldogs123

    916Bulldogs123 Well-Known Member

    Well they both have medicinal properties
     
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  8. Bev aka thelmasstuff

    Bev aka thelmasstuff Colored pencil artist extraordinaire ;)

    Bev aka thelmasstuff, Mar 22, 2020
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  9. Bev aka thelmasstuff

    Bev aka thelmasstuff Colored pencil artist extraordinaire ;)

    I don't think it was for tea. I had a set of coasters in a lacquer box like this a long time ago.
     
    Bev aka thelmasstuff, Mar 22, 2020
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  10. 916Bulldogs123

    916Bulldogs123 Well-Known Member

    That is the closest one yet. Thanks Bev.
    So it wasn't tea in it when i got it. Lol
     
    916Bulldogs123, Mar 22, 2020
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  11. blooey

    blooey Well-Known Member

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  12. Bev aka thelmasstuff

    Bev aka thelmasstuff Colored pencil artist extraordinaire ;)

    We used the coasters so much they deteriorated.
     
    Bev aka thelmasstuff, Mar 22, 2020
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  13. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    There is a sort of racket game played by Japanese girls that uses these paddle-like things.
     
    Bronwen, Mar 22, 2020
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  14. 916Bulldogs123

    916Bulldogs123 Well-Known Member

    Coaster set with no coasters... Just became a trinket box
     
    916Bulldogs123, Mar 22, 2020
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  15. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    Bronwen, Mar 22, 2020
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  16. Bev aka thelmasstuff

    Bev aka thelmasstuff Colored pencil artist extraordinaire ;)

    Yes, and the paddles are called Hagoita
     
    Bev aka thelmasstuff, Mar 22, 2020
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  17. janetpjohn

    janetpjohn Well-Known Member

    Measurements would have helped figure out if it was coaster-size.
     
    janetpjohn, Mar 23, 2020
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  18. 916Bulldogs123

    916Bulldogs123 Well-Known Member

    Im sooo sorry i forgot. It is 3" diameter and 2" tall
     
    916Bulldogs123, Mar 23, 2020
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