Bakelite pot

[F0031]

A black (or very-dark-brown) bakelite pot, 100mm diameter, 80mm high with lid. Base marked 1107 / 8 in a circle. Inside of lid marked 1092 / 11.

Did this have any military use? Or was it just used to store Brylcreem?

 

[18pounder]

reminds me of something my Dad used for developing photographic film at home.
(Bet I'm totally off track ha ha)
AP mine maybe?

 

[Fuzeman]

Possibly for Flare cartridges !

 

[Madbomber31]

It's for extra powder bags for the German 10,5 cm

 

[Fuzeman]

well done jack now i know what this one is on the shelf

 

[Maarten]

That is a German bakelite butterdish!
They came in different sizes. I thought 3 sizes.

The 10,5 gunpowder containers are different.

 

[Madbomber31]

This is not a butterdish Maarten
The butterdish come's in 3 different colors and are smaller.
I don't think the German army had that much butter to fill them al up.

 

[Maarten]

I've asked it to someone who collects butterdishes. He said it is indeed a gunpowder container with the lid of a butterdish.

 

[waffenamt]

well ive only ever seen bakelite butter containers in a light brown colour?

hope that helps solve the mystery?
best

waff

 

[F0031]

Butter dish

Thanks for your continued discussion. I did some browsing and found this.

http://www.berghof1944.com/pics/dish1.jpg

Described as 1943 German bakelite lard/butter container. The lid looks same except that the thread is much finer than mine.

Tony.

 

[take-down]

Container

Found one like this when we were kids about 9 or 10 it had a simaler top but was more bowl shaped if i remember correctly it was fill of unlubricated condoms, damed if we didn't have good fun with those, it was only later that I relised it wasn't the correct fun.
Seeing these pitcures just brought it to mind I wonder what they did in the heat of battle "Gun oil for lubrication":tinysmile_shy_t:

 

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Another bakelite pot

Acquired another bakelite pot. From Chatham today. Here are the two, side by side.