Is it a match holder?

Discussion in 'Furniture' started by joe blowski, Feb 8, 2025.

  1. joe blowski

    joe blowski Active Member

    Hi, picked up this tin item for a buck thinking it was a wooden match dispenser with a strike strip on the side. But I loaded it up but it didn't 'work' very well. The matches would break in half when trying to pull them out.
    The top slides down as the contents are depleted.
    Love to read your thoughts!

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  2. Bev aka thelmasstuff

    Bev aka thelmasstuff Colored pencil artist extraordinaire ;)

    It looks like it ought to be but the bottom doesn't stick out enough for a match to get through. This is. more like what my mother had in the kitchen 8c79edd932693b5c232a5d2804942269.jpeg
     
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  3. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    Bev..... isn't that for toothpicks ........toothpick dispenser.......
     
  4. Rayo56

    Rayo56 Well-Known Member

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  5. Marote

    Marote Well-Known Member

    Don't think so.
    Hole on side would be used to lift the box out, but also to strike the match on the box
     
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  6. Marote

    Marote Well-Known Member

    Or is it used to lift something up at the end, when the usable contents are depleted?
    Thing on the side looks like something to be used to cut thread (thread going up through the gap and then pulled down in that trangle shape)
     
  7. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    what size is the darn thing????
     
  8. Marote

    Marote Well-Known Member

    If these parts
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    are intended to be a bit open, could this have been used as cigarette rolling paper dispenser?
     
  9. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    it looks like the finger opening is meant to pull out something large flat and thin.....

    ????
     
  10. joe blowski

    joe blowski Active Member

  11. Rayo56

    Rayo56 Well-Known Member

    Just a WAG - you load it with pre cut paper and hang it by your telephone on the wall. A pencil goes in the long holder on the right. Then you just pull out a piece of paper and write a message with the pencil? LOL! WDIK.......:writer:
     
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