Royal Arden Fine Bone China Dresser Jar. England

A dresser jar is a small luxury from a time when getting ready was a ritual — the lid lifted, something kept inside that you only needed once a day.

This one is Royal Arden bone china from England, made for Gump's of San Francisco, painted in the Somerset floral in red, blue, and gold with a domed lid and gold trim. For rings, hairpins, the small private things a vanity holds.

Royal Arden bone china dresser jar, England. $38.