Curious find

Kelly Thorson · Post by **Kelly Thorson** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 6:08 pm

A friend of mine left this "treasure" for me with his brother.
He is away for a while but his brother thinks he found it digging around in an old rock pile. It seems like a curious find for rural Saskatchewan.
Does it look familiar to anyone? Would it be fairly old? What type of craftsman would use something like this other than a signpainter?

Post by **Danny Baronian** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 6:58 pm

The type of craftsman that would put rouge on their cheeks?

The contents appear to be a powder. I don't know if the color is accurate in the photo, but if the color is actually reddish, it could be part of an incomplete makeup container containing rouge.

Kelly Thorson · Post by **Kelly Thorson** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 8:32 pm

Golden girls, huh?

No, the powder is a 24K gold colour.
I wonder if it was left by a leprechaun. I understand they leave decoys to mislead those looking for their pots of gold.

Perhaps it was used for gilding picture frames? I'm pretty sure it is metal not mica.
I thought perhaps someone might recognize the container, although I suppose it could easily have been transferred there from a different one.
It has a very tight fitting lid that has to be pryed off. More like an artists container. The can is about 1" high and 2" in diam., and the well in the top of the lid looks as though it may have been used as a pallet, somewhat like the lids on the metal tempra powder containers.

Billy Pickett · Post by **Billy Pickett** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 2:24 pm

...Maybe it's an ancient indian stash box. Where they kept their hooch-ems for the peace pipe. Or maybe yall are right, and it's some stylish squaws powder for her shiney nose.