Ashtrays, Pipes & Tobacco Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a Frank Jones Ale advertising pipe holder from the 1890s. Frank Jones was an iconic figure, businessman and politico in the latter half of the 19th and early 20th century New Hampshire. The holder reads COMPLIMENTS OF FRANK JONES...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful and near mint advertising match safe for Hanley's Peerless Ale of the James Hanley Brewery Company of Providence, Rhode Island. This safe dates form the pre-Prohibition era (circa 1904) and is maker marked. It is in...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful circa 1895 match holder/striker advertising T,B, Hall & Company Export Bottlers of Ale & Stout of Liverpool, England. The holder is made by Wedekind & Company of London in a heavy porcelain with a largely pebbly texture. The...

ARTIFACT: This is a Chance Vought Aircraft Company cigarette pack holder/protector from World War II. Chance Vought was a New York company that changed its name to Chance Vought five years after its 1917 birth as the Lewis and Vought Company. Chance...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa World War II cigar ashtray fashioned from piston made by Wright Aircraft Engines. The piston is well suited to its repurposed form: it has thick walled sides, depressions large enough for a stogie and a grated interior bottom...

ARTIFACT: Korean War era United States Navy ashtray by Korea Ironstone. The ashtray reads: US NAVAL ADVISORY GROUP COMMISSIONED OFFICERS MESS CHINHAE KOREA". Originally a U.S. Naval Advisory Group in 1946, CFAC eventually evolved into the first Fleet...

ARTIFACT: Beautiful late 1940's - Korean War era United States Navy Mine Squadron Three Japanese-made fine porcelain, hand painted ashtray. The center shows an eagle perched atop a mine bearing the number "3" in gold detail. The outer edge of the ashtray...

ARTIFACT: This is a really dynamic bronze ashtray for United States Navy Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 3At center is a mythical-looking scene in relief of a boat with human arms, a scowl and bat wings ready to hurl some missiles. The ashtray is slightly...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful 1927 bronze USS Constitution ashtray made from reclaimed bronze from the ship. The center features an image of the ship in the center and along the top reads: "LAUNCHED 1797 1804 TRIPOLI 1812 GUERREIERE JAVA 1815 CYANE LEVANT" and...

ARTIFACT: This is a named ashtray from the Korean War era for the United States Navy's USS Wahoo (SS-565). The ashtray reads W.W. WINEBERG, ENG (SS), USN and LEADING ENGINEMAN around its edge, so Weinberg may have been the plank owner since the ashtray...

ARTIFACT: This is an ashtray from the Korean War era for the United States Navy's USS Sea Dog (SS-401). The Sea Dog was launched in 1944 and scrapped in 1973. VINTAGE: Circa Korean War. SIZE: Approximately 5-1/4" diameter and 13/16" thickness...

ARTIFACT: This is an ashtray for the United States Navy's USS Tench SS-417 with a bronzed appearance. Launched in 1944, the Tench had four kills and was placed in reserve during 194After a four year hiatus, she actively served in the Navy for another two...