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<p>[QUOTE="ola402, post: 12953569, member: 182"]I've seen very small individual sized ashtrays with no indents (but not lately, only from my parents old stuff). Always assumed it had something to do with balancing the cigs on a small tray. Which wasn't done, they were mostly used for dropping ashes and putting the cigarette out. Personally, I would not want someone to put out their cigarette on my sterling silver. I think in this case the tray may just be decorative under the urn.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can only vaguely remember when people smoked at the dinner table (ick) or while eating (ick) and had tiny ashtrays. When cigs became more expensive, no one put out the urns with "complementary" cigs in them. DH's father used to send him to the drug store to buy individual cigarettes, like maybe 5 because they were less expensive. They sold them out of an open pack. I thought that was odd. Smoking Sets . . . from days gone by already.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ola402, post: 12953569, member: 182"]I've seen very small individual sized ashtrays with no indents (but not lately, only from my parents old stuff). Always assumed it had something to do with balancing the cigs on a small tray. Which wasn't done, they were mostly used for dropping ashes and putting the cigarette out. Personally, I would not want someone to put out their cigarette on my sterling silver. I think in this case the tray may just be decorative under the urn. I can only vaguely remember when people smoked at the dinner table (ick) or while eating (ick) and had tiny ashtrays. When cigs became more expensive, no one put out the urns with "complementary" cigs in them. DH's father used to send him to the drug store to buy individual cigarettes, like maybe 5 because they were less expensive. They sold them out of an open pack. I thought that was odd. Smoking Sets . . . from days gone by already.[/QUOTE]
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