Abstract: A stowable container holder for an automotive vehicle has a stationary sheath mounted in the vehicle interior, a sliding sheath slidably disposed within the stationary sheath for generally vertical telescoping movement between a retracted position housed in the stationary sheath and an extended position extending from the stationary sheath, and a receptacle member sliding disposed in the sliding sheath for telescoping movement between a stowed position within the sliding sheath and a deployed position extending from the sliding sheath, the receptacle member rotatable only from the deployed position to a substantially horizontal container holding position in which a container may be stored. The sliding sheath is held to the stationary sheath when the sliding sheath is in the extended position, and the receptacle member is temporarily locked to the sliding sheath when the receptacle member is in a stowed position.