What do I have here?

[WILTON]

I hope the hallmark says STERLING in Japanese. What do I call it, an urn? Thanks.

I need to set the white balance on my camera, sorry.

 

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[releventchair]

Seen them called ginger jars too. Tea caddy often has a smaller top,but... a ginger jar used for ginger might not be so good if metal.
My unprofessional guess would be that it is a ginger jar style tea caddy.

 

[on.off]

this is a japanese silver tea caddy (may be sterling, but the japanese often used a 950 alloy which is even better). the decoration is hand chased and of quite good quality. probably c. 1900-1920s. i'm sorry i don't read japanese, but the marks may also indicate the maker.

terrific find!!

 

[Yang Hao]

well the top two characters... according to chinese translation is 纯银。which means pure silver in chinese.

 

[WILTON]

Wonderful news Yang Hao. Thank you very much.