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Collection Highlights

Batter pitcher
1798
1937.587
Stoneware, cobalt oxide
Artist/Maker: Clarkson Crolius, Sr.

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Ashtray

Ashtray
Object name 
Ashtray
Date 
1940
Medium 
Metal
Dimensions 
4 1/2 x 4 x 1 1/4 in.
Description 
This triangular black metal ashtray has a plastic eight ball on one side and on the others the words "Street Address", "City, State" and "Your Firm Name Here". A salesman's sample for a company making souvenir ashtrays marked "1940 Sample M-35B".
Credit Line 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number 
2002.1.365
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.