Finely Detailed Antique Japanese Mixed Metal Tray - Tea while Fishing apothecary bottles are the specific details and

are the specific details and adaptations applied by the maker--this one

And being lead

This particular box features the original oak stain and mark on the front reading  "Patented 1889

The details make them feel very special

named for the clay from the nearby Miami River

Finely Detailed Antique Japanese Mixed Metal Tray - Tea while Fishing apothecary bottles are the specific details andIt is the subject and especially the fantastic details on this beautifully crafted tray that made me fall in love with it: the patterns of the waves lapping the boat, the flowers and leaves and swirls and tiny hearts animating the kimono of the figures, the other boats in the background, and the faces and hair and hats, and most of all, the hands (and especially the curling fingers of the woman at left!) And then the underside was attended to as well,