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[DCMatt]

Vintage match safe cap.

 

[1wvhunter]

Odd, does not look like a screw on cap. circles around cap do not connect to form a screw top.

The match case pictured does not have a removable cap. It screws out through top hinge piece in picture, opening the bottom so the tube can be pushed out to reveal matches.

 

[The Rebel]

Valve stem cap or oil stem cap??

 

[vhs07]

Cane tip maybe?

 

[ncsuwolf]

Odd, does not look like a screw on cap. circles around cap do not connect to form a screw top.

The match case pictured does not have a removable cap. It screws out through top hinge piece in picture, opening the bottom so the tube can be pushed out to reveal matches.

Agreed at first, but after a second look….pic of item laying on its side, they do appear to be threads.

 

[Bucket Lister]

Odd, does not look like a screw on cap. circles around cap do not connect to form a screw top.

ICBW, but that looks like the top of a thread to me.

For a moment I was thinking thimble, but there's no dimpling... and then I saw the threads.

Since the item is tapered, it may not have been necessary to have the thread go all the way to the edge. Also, the fluting at the "top" suggests something to facilitate twisting on/off.

A cap to something seams logical.

What kind of metal is it? I'd guess tin or aluminum, but IDK.

 

[searcher]

These look a lot like it. Perhaps a more modern version.

Threaded caps

 

[Bucket Lister]

ICBW, but that looks like the top of a thread to me.
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For a moment I was thinking thimble, but there's no dimpling... and then I saw the threads.

Since the item is tapered, it may not have been necessary to have the thread go all the way to the edge. Also, the fluting at the "top" suggests something to facilitate twisting on/off.

A cap to something seams logical.

What kind of metal is it? I'd guess tin or aluminum, but IDK.

I wonder if it would fit the crushed tube I found last week... 🤔 They started putting toothpaste in tubes ca. 1880s, but paints came in tubes several decades earlier.

 

[1wvhunter]

ICBW, but that looks like the top of a thread to me.
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AGREE. Didn't notice that at first glance at pic.

 

[Bucket Lister]

These look a lot like it. Perhaps a more modern version.

Threaded caps

I think that's it--or as close as can be gotten.
It's got the dome, flutes, taper, threads... The only question remaining is what it went on/to. That may prove problematic without finding it. Descriptions from different vendors suggest it's pretty generic.