Abstract: A pedestal type holder for rolled paper towelling perforated for tear-off as individual sheets and transportable for support on any horizontal surface, the holder having a base with upstanding pole to receive and support the roll of towelling on a vertical axis, the base being provided with an annular rim circumscribing the lower portion of the roll of towelling and having an inner annular edge upwardly from the base engageable by a sheet of towelling extending tangentially from the roll to provide a fulcrum point on such extended sheet offset from the roll affording a starting break off of such sheet from the roll along a line of perforations therebetween and a gradual separation thereof upon downward manipulation of such extended sheet relative to the holder and roll of towelling thereon.