Vintage c1950s brass silent butler-also known as a crumb catcher/lidded ashtray

A Vintage Brass Lidded Ashtray/Silent Butler/Crumb Catcher from back in c.1950s in like new condition It features a hinged lid with a geometric brass and black inlay pattern, a stone or faux-stone thumb rest, and a wooden handle. Depending on the setting it was used in, it served two primary practical purposes in the mid-20th century: • Dining Table Crumb Catcher: Its original culinary purpose was for "crumbing" the table between dinner courses. A server or the host would use a small brush or scraper to sweep breadcrumbs off the tablecloth directly into this pan, closing the hinged lid to cleanly hide the debris from guests. • Living Room Covered Ashtray: Because of its portable design, many households used them as a parlor or smoking room accessory. Guests could ash into it, and when the lid was snapped shut, it trapped unpleasant tobacco odors and kept ash from blowing away. •• NOW ONLY €69,90 •• M16