Blue and Gold Ashtray
Title
Blue and Gold Ashtray
Subject
Ashtray
Description
Blue and gold ceramic ashtray in the shape of shield. On the top the outside edges are blue with ripples on the top left and bottom right, presumably for cigarettes. Cut out in the center for ash is painted gold with a cross of Loraine. The back of the ashtray is unpainted with a maker’s information stamped on the back in light blue.
Inscription: “Creation claude perrot distribution sofracor” stamped in light blue on bottom right.
Inscription: “Creation claude perrot distribution sofracor” stamped in light blue on bottom right.
Creator
Tabatha Butler Photographer
Source
1949.3.47
Publisher
Idaho State Historical Society
Date
Circa 1949
Contributor
Idaho State Historical Society
Rights
Idaho State Historical Society
Relation
Still image of ashtray in Merci Train collection
Format
Height: .75” Width: 4.5” Length: 5.5”
Language
French
Type
Still Image
Identifier
1949.3.47
Coverage
Idaho State Historical Museum's Storage
- Date Added
- December 13, 2011
- Collection
- Idaho Merci Train Collection
- Item Type
- Still Image
- Citation
- Tabatha Butler Photographer, “Blue and Gold Ashtray,” Idaho Merci Train, accessed April 19, 2024, https://idahomercitrain.omeka.net/items/show/11.