✅ SOLVED hinged aluminum with holes

[Roger Mn.]

Found this in a cache of copper and brass and a flashlight dated 1933. The end is hollow and might have had a handle . I thought maybe it held tea since tea bags were invented around 1933-1934.

 

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[Diggin-N-Dumps]

..at first glance.. i thought it was part of an old Bee Smoker

 

[surf]

Perhaps a hand warmer...

Handwarmer and Cover: Museum Victoria

 

[BosnMate]

In your other post you say it was found in a hobo camp, or at least in the area of hobo concentration during the depression. Perhaps it was to take a live coal some distance in order to start another, new, fire. It's not very big,
and I have no idea how long a coal would last, so it's just my swag.

 

[BosnMate]

Are you sure it's aluminum. Doesn't look to me like aluminum in the photo.

 

[Roger Mn.]

Are you sure it's aluminum. Doesn't look to me like aluminum in the photo.

OK not aluminum. Must be brass with silver plating. Does not attract a magnet.

 

[Roger Mn.]

I found it.
It's a 1920 " Decoater" folding toothbrush. This is the folding handle and held a celluloid toothbrush. http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1920-decoater-folding-toothbrush-313876777