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Ashtray

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Collection Type

  • Household accessories

Date

1956

GUSN

GUSN-103649

Description

Earthenware round ceramic ashtray half painted in blue and the other half in dark gray with two abstract fish on either side of a rectangular mask over a shield.

Details

Descriptive Terms

ashtrays
earthenware
glazing (coating)
Ashtray
Ashtray

Inscription

Marked on back with an impressed feather shape within a square. (Stamped)

Associated Building

Place where the object was used. Pembroke College,

Additional Identification Number

3377

Associated Events

Craftsman’s Fair of the League of New Hampshire Arts and Crafts

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

Gilford, NH (origin); Providence, RI (use)

Dimensions

1 1/4 x 7 x 7 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Jane C. Nylander

Accession Number

2008.33

Places

Gilford (Belknap county, New Hampshire)

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