This is a Sadler, England vintage ceramic tea caddy or tea canister ginger jar made in the 1970s in a fantasy birds or fancy birds with Chrysanthemum Oriental pattern.

The tea caddy measures 5.25 inches high by 4.5 in diameter and is very good +++ used vintage condition with no chips, cracks or crazing.  

The tea caddy, ginger jar or canister is a very decorative addition to kitchen or desk and could be used for a lot of things beside teabags, and in many different rooms.