Pepper or salt?

[flyadive]

It's 3" long and slightly bigger than a 12 ga shotgun shell!












Made of copper

 

[bradyboy]

shell?
need more info
What is the material
Is the center pc removable, or can it be turned?
Can you put a flashlight in the triangle hole to see what's inside?
Brady

 

[tamrock]

I'm thinking it was a commercial container that held smelling salt, but I can't find that one. I did see a fancy antique one that had that same pierced holes looking round thing on it.

 

[Breezie]

I think Tamrock is correct. It looks like a late Victorian vinaigrette, which held some type of aroma or smelling salts. Most of the ones I've seen were fancier than this one. Looking at the bottom, it appears to have a glass cylinder inside. Is it glass?

Neat find
Breezie

 

[flyadive]

No glass , there seems to be a smaller tube inside with possibly a spring around it??