Slipper Shaped Ashtray
DimensionsOverall: 2 x 7.8 cm
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Sarah Idell Stinson, 1979
Object number1979.055.019
Label TextFirst called an “ash pan,” the device to catch ash was defined in a dictionary for the first time in 1857. The word “ashtray” made its first appearance 30 years later in 1887. Manufacturers made them out of a variety of materials and in range of designs.
NameAshtray
1940-1950s
McClary Manufacturing