silver ash container (ashtray) - England
this is an unusual silver example of English ashtray made in Birmingham (UK) in 1930 by silversmith S L D. The ashtray has a special mechanism (pat. N° 253518 No-fume) which prevents smoke smelling to spread outside the container.
The ashtray has a black bakelite base and a guillochet motif on the body.
It is 3 1/4 in. high (cm. 8) and was bought from an Italian dealer.
This item is not for sale, but most of my pieces were bought through the Internet. On the bottom and on the right bar of this page there are some links to silver and antique dealers websites
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This is a page of 'The What is? Silver Dictionary' of A Small Collection of Antique Silver and Objects of vertu, a 1500 pages richly illustrated website offering all you need to know about antique silver, sterling silver, silverplate, Sheffield plate, electroplate silver, silverware, flatware, tea services and tea complements, marks and hallmarks, articles, books, auction catalogs, famous silversmiths (Tiffany, Gorham, Jensen, Elkington), history, oddities ...