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Porcelain Ash tray | Tobacciana573 of 1398 |  |  |
Posted 1 year ago
fhrjr2
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Not even cleaned up yet. Light blue porcelain ashtray. Quite small at 3 1/4" X 3". No markings on it but I was told by the guy I got it from that it was "pocketed" off a bar room table. He thought around the late 1940's.
I am older than dirt and he was senior to me so the memory lapse I can understand. Can anyone put a date or other information on it?
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Hi, fhrjr2! Other than that this is a beautiful piece of American Deco, I have no intelligent opinion on it. Exciting piece. Regards, miKKo
Thanks to all for the loves. I poke around looking for this ash tray now and then online but no luck yet. I gave up collecting them but couldn't resist this one.
I also found your ashtray in pink on eBay. Unfortunately, the Seller said that the markings on the back had worn off.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-ART-DECO-PORCELAIN-PINK-ASHTRAY-/180885950132?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a1da48eb4
Thanks mikko, that is the same one, just different color. I'm not sure why I ever started collecting ash trays but I have some odd ones. A bowling pin, one from a small town police department, big ones, small ones and my favorite is a hollowed out rock
I appreciate the link.