Vintage Cast Iron & Steel Art Deco Standing Ashtray surgeon there's no gray area

there's no gray area

5" x 15" x 4"

Founded in 1875 and later reorganized as Continental Oil Company (Conoco)

MM - 106219 - 041223

This piece exhibits some rusting stains

Vintage Cast Iron & Steel Art Deco Standing Ashtray surgeon there's no gray areaA cast iron and steel standing ashtray executed in the Art Deco style. The stepped base is heavily fluted and geometric, rising to a slender steel shaft with traces of original black paint. The top flares into a funnel shaped tray with a hammered metal interior, designed to catch and contain ash. A raised handle arcs across the top for portability, while a mounted match holder sits at one edge of the tray. Standing ashtrays of this form were commonly