Cigarette butler
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I have an antique red cigarette butler that has sentimental value. I need ideas on how to use it other than just sitting there lol. THANKS! The lid does not come off, or stay open on its own.
11 answers
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Is there a way you can send a photo?
Janet Pizaro
on Nov 27, 2015
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I'm sitting here intrigued by the " cigarette butler" please include a pic.
Gino Lewis
on Nov 27, 2015
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turn it on its side, and use as a picture frame/ shadowbox
Ta
on Nov 27, 2015
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Cigarette butlers were designed to hold and dispense cigarettes. The lid might be weighted to a spring loaded counter-weight that would lift the cigarettes to the top of the case when the lid is raised. Could you clean it up and use it to dispense other items? If the dispensing function can't be fixed, use it just as a container meant for storage of small treasures. Keep it on your desk, store your flash drives inside. Convert it to a piggy bank, or store spare set of keys. What items will fit inside and be useful to you?
Susan Bechamp
on Nov 27, 2015
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Are you talking a round, square, figure or some kind...little more info
DJ
on Nov 28, 2015
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Since it's an antique. I'd buy a shadowbox & hang it on the wall for a display. Anytime you upcycle an antique, it looses its value. If it's anything like the pic below, it's valued at around $35.oo as an antique. I'd treasure it instead. :)
Pam Walker
on Nov 28, 2015
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I see EBay in your/its future....
Johnchip
on Nov 28, 2015
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If it's anything like the above pictured one, I would suggest a toothpick holder for the dinner table or a mints holder. In the bathroom/dressing table it looks like it could hold bobby pins. I think it would best be used to reflect a memory of it's original owner. My grandmother was a smoker and didn't have one of these but if she had and I had the opportunity to acquire it, I would use it as a needle and thread holder since she was also a needlepointer/cross stitcher. It would combine a memory for me of her and turn it back to a utilitarian item :)
Anne
on Nov 28, 2015
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All the suggestions are good. If you wanted to use it for seasonal faux flowers, you could prop the lid open with a small dowel and the flowers would cover it. I hope these all helped.
Sandra Allen
on Nov 28, 2015
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Hang it on the wall in an arrangement with other interesting items and/or plates.
Bonnie D
on Nov 28, 2015
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take some books and stage them on a table and put the item on top of it
Snapoutofit
on Dec 04, 2015
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