Antique Brass Ornate Dispenser, Tea buy Bags, Cotton Storage.

This is a rare Antique Brass Ornate Dispenser, Tea Bags, Cotton Storage.
Beautiful with signs of years, nothing dismiss the beauty and use of this piece.
Found in Palm Beach old house estate sale.
Somebody suggested that this maybe was a tobacco jar, not sure. No bad odors.
- Rusty buy and patina inside, look last picture—
4” from the lid tip x 10” circumference.