Chinese Cloisonné Silver Mounted Hot Wine Pot / Kettle, c1900. The pot is removable.
 
Filigree Phoenix birds, and dragons on the sides with a monkey figure finial. Decorated with enamel panels of figures in a landscape with foliage and building. In ancient and modern Chinese culture, the phoenix bird and dragon can often be found in the decorations for weddings or royalty, along with dragons.
 
This is because the Chinese considered the dragon-and-phoenix design symbolic of blissful relations between husband and wife, another common yang and yin metaphor.
 
Approx. measurements: 3.30" height x 3.30".
 
Chinese varieties of sorghum-distilled "baijiu", including Maotai and Gaoliang, are usually served warm or at room temperature. Pots like this are used to keep the contents of the pourer warm, so would accommodate such wines as well as tea if need be. The bottom mark says "Pure Silver (zuyin), but it looks a lot more like pewter in the photos It’s a true little gem, perfect for you teapot collection or cloisonné collection.