Tändstick hållare / askkopp

Google AI:
This object is an antique ornate cast-iron matchbox holder and dispenser with an integrated ashtray base, widely manufactured during the late 19th to early 20th century.

How It Functions

• Top Bracket: Holds a standard vintage cardboard matchbox upright.
• Middle Hinged Lid / Sloped Section: Acts as a small storage hopper or disposal hatch.
• Bottom Tray: The flat base or low lip section functions as an ashtray to catch spent matches and ash.
• Wall Mount Hole: The top pierced loop allows the entire heavy cast-iron unit to be hung securely on a wall near a fireplace, stove, or smoking station.

Style & Materials

• Aesthetic: Features intricate, relief-molded Neo-Renaissance or Victorian scrollwork and geometric lattice panels typical of late- Victorian and Edwardian utility ironware.
• Material: Heavy sand-cast iron, which has developed a natural, dark brown oxidized patina from decades of age.