✅ SOLVED Mini Compact with Inscription?

[kestagano04]

What would this have been used for? Found at an old homesite that dates back to the 1800's. It's made of brass. On the back in fancy script I think it says... Ther~Skaynet ...possibly 2 surnames? It also says in smaller lettering... Wood & Barnard Detroit U.S.A.

I'm not sure why my pictures are displaying sideways.
Thank you in advance for any help!

 

[nhbenz]

At a glance online everything I see has Wood & Barnard making cleansing and massage creams, using Swedish formulas from 1915-1923. They may have been around longer, but this was a quick look.

 

[kestagano04]

Thank you for that bit of info. I'll look into it. I didn't have any luck when I tried searching Wood and Barnard.

 

[nhbenz]

In google searches adding quotes around groups of words, in this case "Wood & Barnard", then hits wil only be of those where those words are found in that order. Otherwise it will find more commonly looked at items that happen to include all of those terms scattered somewhere in the article: "wood & barnard" detroit - Google Search

 

[Tony in SC]

It looks like a rouge compact. For the younger ones, rouge was the red stuff that women put on their cheeks. Tony

 

[Dakota Sioux]

The script part says Thel-Skaynet and is Wood & Barnard toiletries shows some copyrights around 1918

 

[kestagano04]

Thank you, all, for the tip and information!