Ashtrays, Pipes & Tobacco Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a great circa 1900 advertising cigar container for the Havana-American Company of New York City. This piece dates from the era of the second, short-lived incarnation of the company. The container has a heavy glass body and a nickel lid...

ARTIFACT: This is a great old cast iron tobacco cutter patented in 1875: the "Champion Knife Improved". The blade is housed in a semi-circular frame and attached to a lever. There are some faded painted details still gracing the tool...

ARTIFACT: This is a fantastic circa 1930s Maersk Steamship Lines ash tray advertising their "Far East Service". Maersk is a Danish shipping company that still operates today and is easily identified by its cheery bright blue and white star logo...

ARTIFACT: This is a great aviator or aviatrix cigarette box with insignia from the 1930s. The top of the box shows a painted propeller with P246 52 engraved on it (possibly a pilot number). Covering the rest of the lid are attached insignia, including...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful, late 1940's vintage Las Vegas El Cortez Hotel & Casino ashtray. Built in 1941, the El Cortez is one of the few casinos that have yet to change its exterior facade or signage, the ranch themed architecture has remained for more...

ARTIFACT: This is a great wooden cigarette case from the Japanese Occupation Period. The case opens by sliding one end open, but if the "secret lever" on the opposite end is not released at the same time, the case does not open all the way and...