PLACE REPRESENTED: Castiglione di Sicilia , Italy
ITEM: Ashtray
NOTES: Castiglione di Sicilia is a small municipality 160 km east of Palermo in Sicily. The structure depected is Cannizzu (XII century), a cylindrical tower, which is the symbol of the town of Castiglione.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 14cm diameter x 4cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: Sydney (specifically the Sydney Harbour Bridge), New South Wales , Australia
ITEM: Ashtray
NOTES: A very old, very used ashtray depicting a very old, very used bridge … well by Australian standards anyway.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1950s
MADE FROM: steel , silver-plate (“exquisite” plate)
MADE IN: England
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 10cm x 10cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Gold Coast, Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Ashtray
NOTES: Tourist mecca, the Gold Coast as an ashtray. Some would say that’s apt. That’s harsh perhaps.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: Taiwan
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 13cm x , 13cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Brisbane, Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Ashtray
NOTES: Brisbane’s freeway system is depicted here. The inside of the ashtray is glass and the picture can be removed. The picture is a postcard which leads me to believe that it may not have been the original, given the plaster ashtray was made in England …but who knows. Anything is possible in Brisbane.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: glass
MADE IN: England
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 9cm x 9cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Nambour, Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Ashtray
NOTES: Do it yourself tourist trinkets? The “Nambour” looks like it’s hand painted on.
And, why would you want the “work fascinates me, I can watch it for hours” sentiment applied to your town I have no idea. Still, it pretty much sums up Nambour (100 km north of Brisbane) …just kidding Nambourians.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: Japan
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 15cm across , 8cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: Hawaii , USA
ITEM: Ashtray
NOTES: Hawaiian kitsch ashtray with hoola girl giving you the “Aloha”. Effective and perfect for the mancave or exotica room.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: hard resin
MADE IN: Hawaii
MANUFACTURER: Coco Joe ( there is a number pressed into the side “138”)
DIMENSIONS: 10.5cm across , 11cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: Munich , Germany
ITEM: Ashtray
NOTES: München or Munich is, of course, the capital of the (southern) Bavaria area of Germany.
This ashtray has a pretty, old style etching highlighting the Munich Frauenkirche, the Roman Catholic cathedral finished in the 16th century. The cathedral can hold approximately 20,000 people.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich_Frauenkirche
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: Germany
MANUFACTURER: DP Porzella
DIMENSIONS: 14cm diameter
PLACE REPRESENTED: Harbour Bridge, Sydney , Australia
ITEM: Ashtray
NOTES: Whenever you put a city on a ashtray there will be analogical jokes made about the city and the ashtray … and Sydney is an easy target. The ashtray is made of a lead like steel probably mined in Australia before being sent to Japan to be manufactured into this trinket which is then sent back to Australia for sale. It’s not the first time the Japanese sent manufactured steel back to Australia.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s
MADE FROM: steel
MADE IN: Japan
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 15cm across , 11cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: The Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA
ITEM: Ashtray
NOTES: Spectacular … The Grand Canyon that is. Actually the ashtray isn’t to bad either. Pity it wasn’t made in the US.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: Korea
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 13cm x , 13cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: The Basilica of St Peter and Square , Vatican City
ITEM: Ashtray
NOTES: The Basilica of St Peter as an ashtray – hmmm. Clearly it’s a decorative ashtray but still, where is the respect?
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1973
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: ?
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 12cm x 12cm