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The pictured item seems to be approx. 3 1/2 inches in diameter (body) by 5 inches tall.
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Thank you for participating. This is a tin gunpowder container with a spout, handle and an unusual sliding top.
greace savor
A beekeepers smudge pot
Cream or milk jug? Mainly going by the handle position, holding it in your right hand will give accurate control of how much you are pouring.
Early 1900s Railroad Oil can to oil the train wheels.
An oil can of some type?
A single quart oil can. Oil at gas station was often available in large drum and pumped into single quart pouring container.
It’s a wax melter/pourer. Used to melt wax and then pour into a mold.
Vintage tin gunpowder container
glue pot
Lamp oil filler.
Oil can for putting oil in an old car.
It’s hard to tell what 3D shapes I’m looking at, as it’s a view from just one angle. But I’m guessing it’s a smoke pot for a beekeeper.
Invalid feeder.
I think it is an oil can to fill oil lamps at turn of last century. It looks like a motor car can, but the size is too small thereby making it for oil lamps.
I would say an “oil can”.
tin miners lamp
Ice/water bucket.
Smelting pot
looks like an early type of motor oil can
Chocolate pot?