My wonderful husband waited for an opportunity when I was out to dash back to the antique store where I had been drooling over this cool old Chinese tea bin, bought it and hid it in the barn until my birthday. Then he covered my eyes, walked me to it and got a "*shriek!* my tea bin!!!!!" When I saw it! I found a seller on 1st Dibs who has three of them. One had the same address as mine written on the back, so I was able to make it out- 1630 14th St. NW Washington DC. Looking it up online, it's an old storefront, which is now a body shop. I can't decipher the name on the back, but will look at some old DC city directories to see if I can figure it out. The 1st Dibs seller had a second one with a DC address, which was the old Bliss estate, which is now a museum. So I've got some fun research to do, including translating the Chinese writing. The 1st Dibs seller has these priced at over $2,000!!! (My mom splurged and paid $450 for mine, so I think we did ok!)
