"WITT found in an old barn with a bunch of Christian religious items in Nova Scotia, Canada? The lid inside holds a mirror and snaps closed to the rim of the bag. The bag appears to be burlap inside and a different material on the outside, is blue inside and has no smell."
A: "The mirror, and style of metal top with fabric bag attached, would suggest it’s a lady’s reticule (a tiny handbag popular in the 19th-early 20th century)."
"They're oil absorbing pads and since oil floats on water the tube is there to stop the oil from flowing while letting the water pass under it"
I had to visit reddit to look it up... I feel dirty.