Brass/Copper Pill Bottle?

olfart · Apr 29, 2017

Hunting the old house site on our place this afternoon, I unearthed a small green brass or copper tube with a push-out cap. No visible markings, just a small button that would have been used to push the cap out. The tube was probably smashed by the bulldozer we had come in to bury the trash that was on our place when we bought it 38 years ago.

Unfortunately I got carried away and used pliers to pull the cap, and I split the cap. Probably should have used PB Blaster or penetrating oil to loosen the cap first.

duggap · Apr 29, 2017

Perhaps a lip stick case.

Bayoutalker · Apr 29, 2017

duggap said:
Perhaps a lip stick case.

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matmit · Apr 29, 2017

+3 lipstick tube with the "slider" button on the side

Florida Tabdigger · Apr 29, 2017

Definitely a lipstick tube.

olfart · Apr 29, 2017

The "slider button" on the side is attached to the cap. The notch that it fits into is only as deep as the diameter of the button. I'm not convinced it's a lipstick tube. I'm thinking maybe a perfume dispenser to fit in a purse. That could explain the tiny hole just under the cap.

olfart · Apr 30, 2017

Well, my elevator finally made it to the top floor. You're right. It's a lipstick tube. :newidea:

All this grey hair was obviously colored by dying brain cells.

I was looking at the base of the lipstick tube and thinking it was the cap and the outer case was the container.

Bayoutalker · Apr 30, 2017

olfart said:
Well, my elevator finally made it to the top floor. You're right. It's a lipstick tube.

All this grey hair was obviously colored by dying brain cells.

I was looking at the base of the lipstick tube and thinking it was the cap and the outer case was the container.

We'll forgive you. Just don't let it happen again.[emoji15]

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olfart · Apr 30, 2017

Bayoutalker said:
We'll forgive you. Just don't let it happen again.[emoji15]

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I wish I could make that promise, but every day is a new challenge. :roll:

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