Milk Glass?

[Bbchevelle]

I dug this today and have no idea what it was used for. The "glass" is similar to those Boyd's caps for mason jars and the metal is zinc, maybe? Any ideas of a time period or what the thing is would be great. Thanks in advance, Dig On!

 

[bluehunter1973]

milk glass, face cream

 

[GpSnoopy]

Agree with bluehunter - cosmetic Jar.....for cold cream, rouge, etc.

Here are a couple of links on milk glass. Not sure how we can narrow down the age without some markings or finding a particular maker with that pattern.
http://milkglass.org/history.html
http://milkglass.org/identification.html

This one, on Etsy, was listed as a cosmetic jar and has some similarity to yours.

 

[bluehunter1973]

very common can find those at a lot of estate sales

 

[IronSpike]

Neat find and Good ID. Green check

 

[Bbchevelle]

Thanks for the info!