Help me ID? this doo hicky

[Mike from MI]

A friend found this. Appears to be pot metal possibly a cap from a tube of ? about a quarter in size, has reeded edge for twisting off.
I can't quite make out the word on it.

 

[Tony in SC]

Top from an old squeeze tube.

 

[Subterranean]

Top from an old squeeze tube.

I agree with Tony, and possibly "Palmolive." Sub

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

I agree squeeze tube cap probably from oil paint tube for an Artist.

 

[patrick.oldman]

The word is definitely Palmolive .I guess back then that's what the lid looked like .

 

[Joe-Dirt]

I’m still leaning towards doohickey

 

[nhbenz]

 

[Joe-Dirt]

Nope, cap’s face down, I ain’t bittin’, doohickey it is

 

[Mike from MI]

I thought Palmolive at first but just can't get 9 letters out of that. Also can't find any examples of metal octagon caps.

 

[fyrffytr1]

here is an octagon cap on the tube in this ad.

 

[nhbenz]

This one also gives an idea of what’s on the cap... If you enlarge it you can kinda sorta see that it’s the underlined name.

 

[Mike from MI]

Yep I see that but also notice how small the cap is? this one is quarter size and I also notice Palmolive uses just simple block letters on the products. This cap has a fancier script like.

 

[dts52]

I vote for doo-hicky!
dts

 

[nhbenz]

Yep I see that but also notice how small the cap is? this one is quarter size and I also notice Palmolive uses just simple block letters on the products. This cap has a fancier script like.

I Don’t notice how small it is, they give us nothing to show scale. What I do notice is that “quarter size” doesn’t match the photo you posted.

 

[DCMatt]

Yep I see that but also notice how small the cap is? this one is quarter size

Really? What did you use to judge the size of the tube in the ad?

Using your logic, they must have had a tiny little man to pose for this one:



The ID is correct. 1920's-30's Palmolive shave cream tube cap.

 

[Mike from MI]

Oops my bad. I was thinking that the tube would not be as big around as a silver dollar since the cap is quarter in size. So the tube must be like the one pound version? Considering the large tubes are like 4 oz. I think my logics makes sense. Also I'm still wondering why they use block letters on everything but the cap.
Thank you to all who helped search. God bless.