On View
Not on viewAshtrays
Artist
The Robbins Co.
Dateca. 1933
Terms
- Ashtrays
- Brass
- Attleboro
Dimensions8.89 × 8.89 cm (3 1/2 × 3 1/2 in.)
MarkingsA label affixed to the underside of the lid reads, "Century of Progress, Ash Tray - Chicago, Illinois. Date of 1933. Gift of niece of Mrs. Dr. H. A. Barrett [Henry Augustus Barrett] of Concord, Mass. bought for her there by her niece Mary Leighton"
Credit LineGift of Miss Mary Leighton, in memory of Mrs. Eliza Leighton Barrett (1938)
Object numberPER1899
DescriptionCommemorative ashtray from the Chicago World's Fair (A Century of Progress International Exposition) in 1933. The brass ashtray is square with a rounded depression at center; at the bottom of this depression is a view of Chicago with the words, "A CENTURY OF PROGRESS CHICAGO / SKY RIDE/ 1833 1933 / FORT DEARBORN". The object is wrapped in what appears to be its original plastic wrapping. In original box, gray with a navy blue logo at center of lid. The logo reads, "1933 / A CENTURY OF PROGRESS / CHICAGO".