Thank you for the links! It does look like the dragon trinket box listed on Etsy. 

---- Al Dart <[log in to unmask]> wrote: 
> P.S. I'm a bit leery of the suggested 1960s date quoted below considering the condition of your artifacts and inklings in my Google search that similar objects may date back at least to the 1930s.
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> al
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> Allen Dart, RPA, Executive Director (Volunteer)
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> Disclosure: Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's Executive Director Allen Dart is a USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service cultural resources specialist who volunteers his time to Old Pueblo. Views expressed in Old Pueblo Archaeology Center communications do not necessarily represent views of the U.S. Department of Agriculture or of the United States.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Al Dart [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
> Sent: Monday, June 27, 2016 8:50 PM
> To: 'HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY' <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: RE: Artifact Identification
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> I believe you have pieces of a dragon-motif metal trinket box lid. Go to Google Images, type 'embossed dragon tin' and you will find an artifact with the same logos and a similar dragon design for sale at https://www.etsy.com/listing/243953702/cat-tin-bentleys-of-london-the-cat but it may take you some time to find that actual artifact on the etsy site. (I didn't have the patience to look through all of the images to find it.) However, I found another, described as " Vintage Copper Box Asian With Dragon Jewelry box Trinket Box . . . Vintage item from the 1960s," at https://www.etsy.com/listing/292355363/vintage-copper-box-asian-with-dragon?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=dragon%20tin&ref=sr_gallery_43 
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> al
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> Allen Dart, RPA, Executive Director (Volunteer) Old Pueblo Archaeology Center PO Box 40577 Tucson AZ 85717-0577  USA
> 		520-798-1201 
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> 		www.oldpueblo.org
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> Disclosure: Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's Executive Director Allen Dart is a USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service cultural resources specialist who volunteers his time to Old Pueblo. Views expressed in Old Pueblo Archaeology Center communications do not necessarily represent views of the U.S. Department of Agriculture or of the United States.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sarah Heffner
> Sent: Monday, June 27, 2016 11:32 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Artifact Identification
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> Does anyone know what this artifact is? It was found in a curation facility but  does not have any context. It looks like a metal plate of some sort, which may  have been mounted onto something.  I think it might be zinc and there is gold  paint on the back (which rubs off easily). There is a raised motif of two  dragons and a set of Chinese characters.  I am not sure what the characters  translate to. 
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> There is a link to the image in Dropbox at the bottom of this email.
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> Thanks! 
> Sarah Heffner 
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> Link to Dropbox Folder with image: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/6k04c153gqe8yvg/AAAEnUIpfJqsbYrpEpHLItjHa?dl=0