Cigarette Ashtray

I've had this for a while. I think I paid $10 for it at a garage sale back in the 1980s. I didn't know what it was at the time, but after looking at it, I suppose it is a holder for a lighted cigarette. The smoke would come out of the tugboat stack. Haha. No marks I can discern.

 

not convinced it's an ashtray..... but..

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/184670895880

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Blank screen with that link.

 

ya , we know that......... Ebay is limiting access to their site this way..... that's why I copied the listing photo...

they say , made in the US....and are asking $ 35

 

Here it is in porcelain. And it certainly looks like an ashtray. 1950s and Made in Japan according to seller.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1668499706/steam-boat-smoker-ashtray-with-applied

Debora

 

modeled after.......but not the same.......

 

cigarette holder....rather than ashtray..... 4 me , anyways !

 

I don't think they're the same era. The metal one being earlier.

Debora

 

Yeah, seems like it would be a real pain to clean out the ashes

 

& any ash build up inside...would extinguish a smoke just laying on the rest..

 

Fun gimmick gifts don't have to be practical. People got sold on the "look smoke comes out the top!" and bought it as a gift to others, no doubt.

(the copy/paste link: ebay.co.uk/itm/184670895880)

 

Same here.....every time now I try to view an ebay link!

 

still gotta throw up the link,,,,so u can deal with it like Mirana shows !