roadsmith
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posted on July 7, 2001 10:09:01 PM new
Today at a garage sale I bought a pretty copper set. It's one of those mini-dust pans with a matching scraper-thing that people use to brush crumbs from a dinner table. I think it's old--at least not very new--and the handles look like 1930s black plastic or such. I'm going to sell them on ebay but need to know the offical name. All I can think of is "crumb catcher" but I'm sure that's not right. Any thoughts? ~Adele
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immykidsmom
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posted on July 7, 2001 10:17:53 PM new
silent butler
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mkreynolds
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posted on July 7, 2001 10:18:16 PM new
Your gizmo is a crumber.
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smw
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posted on July 7, 2001 10:20:25 PM new
The names are regional. Where I come from it is called a Silent Butler.
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roadsmith
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posted on July 7, 2001 10:38:01 PM new
Aha! Silent Butler. That's! what I was trying to remember. Crumber is also interesting; perhaps I'll have them both in the title. Thanks, people.
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kiawok
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posted on July 7, 2001 11:49:52 PM new
In the southwest, we call them crumb trays.
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Libra63
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posted on July 7, 2001 11:52:30 PM new
In the north it is a crumber. When I was a kid many years ago I couldn't wait until dinner was over so I could use the crumber. I guess you could say we made our own entertainment.
Forgot one thing. Wasn't the silent butler used for emptying ashtrays not crumbs?
[ edited by Libra63 on Jul 7, 2001 11:54 PM ]
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granee
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posted on July 8, 2001 12:25:48 AM new
It's probably English, and here it's called a crumb & brush set.
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curlectables
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posted on July 8, 2001 03:13:42 AM new
I always thought a silent butler had a lid and a gizmo on it that let you open and close the lid, while a cumber was like a miniature dust pan. Not a bit sure though.
[ edited by curlectables on Jul 8, 2001 03:14 AM ]
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rarriffle
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posted on July 8, 2001 03:47:45 AM new
a silent butler has a lid, usually with a thumb latch to open it, you dump ashtrays or crumbs into the silent butler.
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janusaries
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posted on July 8, 2001 11:36:19 AM new
Crumber.
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immykidsmom
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posted on July 8, 2001 02:48:13 PM new
wait........
I think Libra is right.....
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Femme
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posted on July 8, 2001 03:54:39 PM new
Crumb set. 
Rarriffle is right about the silent butler. The only thing I would add is that it has a (often wood) handle.
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kiara
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posted on July 8, 2001 05:43:57 PM new
This may also be called a crumb sweeper or a crumb duster.
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roadsmith
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posted on July 8, 2001 07:00:14 PM new
I never dreamed there'd be so many names for one little set. Thanks, all.
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honaker5
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posted on July 8, 2001 10:25:34 PM new
My wife said it's a "table duster picker-upper thingy"... 
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