Whilst digging a flower bed at the weekend, I discovered this object. My initial thoughts were that it was some sort of old ammunition. It was quite heavy for it's size. I took some photos and emailed them to my father, who was pretty confident that it was not a dangerous explosive device.
I was chatting to him on the phone trying to identify the item, I was washing the base of the metal tube and I saw something stamped in to the base, a little more washing and scouring and some letters appeared, I couldn't quite make out what it said. I brought it inside and held it under a strong light in the kitchen and the letters gave away this objects secrets. Max Factor (Made in Hollywood). Just aswell I didn't call out the bomb disposal. ;-)
Now off to ebay to see how much an old metal lip stick holder will sell for.