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Ashtray

Collection Type

  • Household accessories

Date

1860-1890

GUSN

GUSN-17997

Description

Ceramic ashtray shaped like whiskey barrel w/ scoop applied w/ handle resting on rim; remnants of white paint on scoop.

Details

Descriptive Terms

ashtrays
earthenware
glazing (coating)
painting (coating)
tin (metal)
Earthenware
Painted
Tin Glazed
ASHTRAY

Inscription

Impressed on bottom: ""119J?/ ?633"" Pencilled on bottom: ""ten""

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

0.875 (H), 3 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.2130

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