Brass watzit

[relic lover]

2" long x 3/8" lid is stuck. dug in old site.

 

[72cheyenne]

Looks like a lipstick tube. Is that small writing around the circumference of the lid?

 

[relic lover]

Looks like a lipstick tube. Is that small writing around the circumference of the lid?

I don't think, how old do you think it is?

 

[kuger]

I found two brass shotgun shells stuck together like that and they had gold in them.

 

[72cheyenne]

Looks like a lipstick tube. Is that small writing around the circumference of the lid?

I don't think, how old do you think it is?

If it is indeed a lipstick tube, here is an idea of date ranges. Clipped from this site - http://www.impactlab.com/2008/05/17/the-slightly-gross-origins-of-lipstick/

In the 1920s and ’30s, this invention was back in the history books. The popularity of silent films promoted the use of lipstick, as women in the films wore black lipstick. It was also around this time that the first push-up tubes of lipstick were invented. In the ’30s, lipstick producers in the US produced a range of colours like light pink, dark lilac and bright red. The movie industry continued to fuel lipstick’s popularity through the ’40s, and it became commonplace again. It was in this period in history that saw the invention of the first lipstick tubes that rotated the lipstick as it was pushed up.