A Sterling... trash can?
ChrisH821
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Found this at a local thrift shop. Has anyone seen anything like this or have any idea what it might be from or for? A very strange thing to make out of sterling in my opinion. 
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Neat! Can be used to hold pens and pencils on your desk?
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It's a little too small for that... would be perfect for golf pencils though.
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that's nice. does it have a lid to go with it?
No lid unfortunately, I looked around for one at the store thinking the same thing.
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How about ‘junk’ silver
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patent pending!
must be for something really complex and esoteric
Salt cellar with missing glass liner?
Came here hoping to see a full sized sterling silver trash can with the thought of finding one to make my neighbors jealous.
That would be awesome full of the junkiest cull siver coins and scrap jewelry!
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Good eye.
That's cool!
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Agree! Nice acquisition.
Looks like it is a cigarette holder?
https://www.sirjacks.com/vintage-sterling-silver-garbage-can-form-cigarette-holder/
(or maybe toothpicks?)
https://www.rubylane.com/item/1230433-trashcantoothpickholder/Sterling-Silver-Trash-Garbage-Can-Toothpick?search=1
It's still a nice item I like it
That's pretty nice.
Or it could possibly have been used to store wooden matches.
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yeah that's it! Interesting that one site has it as a cigarette holder and the other as a toothpick holder. Maybe I'll clean it up and use it as a shot glass
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Interesting find.... I have not seen a silver trash can design before....did you weigh it? According to the one link, there are more out there....Cheers, RickO
That's cool, I found some nice things in thrift stores before.
Get some silver shot and pour it in the trash can!
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Just let me know your address and when your gonna takeout the trash
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That actually looks cool full of dimes!
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it does.
i'm curious how it'd look with some bent and holed coins in there.
Very cool!
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retirement gift for a trash collector?
Fill with zincoln cents , then empty the trash.