✅ SOLVED Milk glass lid?

[Evan in CA]

Found this piece of milk glass. It has no markings on the glass but it had some kind of decorative sheet metal around it that is possibly tin. The milk glass is in the shape of a small bowl about 3 inches wide. I put a rusty bottle cap in the last picture for size reference. I took it home to possibly use for an ashtray although I don’t think it’s an ashtray. Any ideas? Thanks

 

[ticndig]

looks like a canning jar lid

 

[cudamark]

Part of a lamp?

 

[Evan in CA]

looks like a canning jar lid View attachment 2252994

I don’t think that’s what it is although I’ve been wrong before. The metal piece seemed to thin and didn’t have any treads, also all the lids I’ve seen have maker marks this one doesn’t. I will add more photos of it cleaned up.

 

[Evan in CA]

Part of a lamp?

That’s a possibility, I did find it in the woods at an old campground that was a girl Scout camp, then a YMCA camp. More photos below. If it was from a Coleman lantern this guy would know @releventchair

 

[Evan in CA]

More pics, the bottom has 3 little dimples

 

[russau]

cudamark had a "bright" answer and I think the correct one !

 

[releventchair]

Possibly an auto dome light.
30's-40's even into the 59's maybe.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/287224403679?var=0&mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&campid=5338767525&toolid=20006&loc=106953&customid=4581252658135342_710711969_o.1b1fbfc8659d1008b0c3d6362d9d1d16&msclkid=1b1fbfc8659d1008b0c3d6362d9d1d16

 

[DizzyDigger]

Looks just like a small bowl to me. My wife has a bunch of glass ones about that
size that she uses to hold various ingredients while cooking.

 

[Evan in CA]

Possibly an auto dome light.
30's-40's even into the 59's maybe.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/287224403679?var=0&mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&campid=5338767525&toolid=20006&loc=106953&customid=4581252658135342_710711969_o.1b1fbfc8659d1008b0c3d6362d9d1d16&msclkid=1b1fbfc8659d1008b0c3d6362d9d1d16

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I believe we have a winner here. Thats the closest match I can find on google. Old highway was built in the 40s right above where I found it. And other car parts are around the area from cars going off the road.

 

[Evan in CA]

Thanks you everyone for your replies. I will mark solved tomorrow in case someone can nail down the vehicle make. Or other matches.

 

[Evan in CA]

Update, when I got home yesterday and took another look at it, I now don’t think it a dome light cover because the inside of the bowl is the finished side and the bottom is rough and not smooth unlike the inside.

 

[Evan in CA]

Looks just like a small bowl to me. My wife has a bunch of glass ones about that
size that she uses to hold various ingredients while cooking.

It maybe just a bowl, but what gets me is it had a metal band around it. I never seen a bowl with metal around it like this.

 

[cudamark]

Fancy pet bowl?

 

[Red-Coat]

Might it be the base rather than the lid of a cold cream (face cream) jar? This one is Edwardian and 'Oatine' branded (on both the lid and the base of the milk glass liner). This one has a similar profile (domed but with a flattened bottom). I would guess there were many variations according to manufacturer.

 

[Evan in CA]

Might it be the base rather than the lid of a cold cream (face cream) jar? This one is Edwardian and 'Oatine' branded (on both the lid and the base of the milk glass liner). This one has a similar profile (domed but with a flattened bottom). I would guess there were many variations according to manufacturer.

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I think that makes the most sense. Thank you for your help. I will mark solved. Thank you everyone for your input to get this solved.