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Message:: [QUOTE="Joan, post: 372716, member: 5398"]I'm sorry, I thought you saw my earlier post with the dimensions:  The size is 9" tall with a 6" x 6.5" base, and weighs 2 lb. 13 oz. The holes are about 1/2" diameter. The upper tier is about 3 3/8" from the table surface (Cited from: <a href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/is-this-a-pipe-and-match-holder.28013/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/is-this-a-pipe-and-match-holder.28013/">https://www.antiquers.com/threads/is-this-a-pipe-and-match-holder.28013/</a>)  I rolled up pieces of paper to fit tighter in the 1/2" holes and they do stand upright, but it still seems like people wouldn't want the tip of their cigarillos or cheroots to rest on the top of a desk or table (but maybe this piece originally included some type of tray underneath). The paper tubes are about 7" tall, so the hat interferes with the first two on the top tier.  After I took the photos, I looked up the typical length of cigarillos and it said 3-4", which would be too short to easily grasp from the top tier. A website for Kentucky cheroots said they're 5 1/2" long, which would be a better length, but would extend above the hat brim, so a couple wouldn't stand upright. I don't know what the typical length of cigarillos/cheroots would have been at the time this object was made.[ATTACH=full]128186[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]128187[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]