Salesman sample crown top?

[JayBeck]

I found this at an estate sale a year or so ago, I believe it is a salesman sample for a crown top bottle because I can't think of any other reason why this would have been made. It is only 2 inches tall and although it is not solid, it would not hold very much of anything. I am curious about the Pabst Beer crown cap as well. Is it just a random cap used to show the closure or did it actually have something to do with Pabst? I would like to know the age as well; I would guess around the 1920s. Any info is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

 

[JayBeck]

It is tough to show just how neat this piece is in photographs...

 

[JayBeck]

Close up of the Pabst bottle cap

 

[cyberdigger]

Those are very cool!
I have a blobtop sample like that. I would think yours is older than 1920's, probably not too much later than the invention of the crown closure in 1892.. Pabst was around at the time, but I'm not sure it was the Pabst company itself marketing the closure this way, but ..I'm not sure.. []