T.W. Pewter Handcrafted Pewter Bird Shaped Tea Bag Holder or Trinket Dish vintage sculpture in which Punch (Punchinello) was

in which Punch (Punchinello) was the trickster figure or "lord of misrule"--which this puppet surely conveys

they would add a bit of sparkle and decadence to any dinner

Without their lids

a studio potter born in Boston in 1936

T.W. Pewter Handcrafted Pewter Bird Shaped Tea Bag Holder or Trinket Dish vintage sculpture in which Punch (Punchinello) wasIm quite taken with this little pewter bird dishhandmade by T. W. Pewter Co c. 1980s 1990s, I believe, and technically a tea bag holder, but equally handy for earrings, spare change or whatever. With its big starry bright eye and perky tail feathers, I can almost hear it chirping! The dish is stamped "T. W. Pewter" on the bottom and in great condition. T. W. (Tin Woodsman) Pewter Co, was founded in 1985 in Western Oregon by a husband and wife team