Vintage bakelite ashtray period 1930s-1940s

Vintage bakelite ashtray period 1930s-1940s. 

Description
Round bakelite ashtray from the 1930s-1940s consisting of two separate parts namely the brown colored base and the white detachable lid. This half open/closed ashtray has three gutters. Hollow bottom. Solid quality.

Condition
This ashtray is in a used vintage condition with traces of age-related wear. Chip off at the bottom of the lid (not visible).

Size

• Height: 5 cm.
• Diameter: 11.5 cm.

Bakelite (registered trademark for phenolic resin) is regarded as the very first fully synthetic plastic. It was mainly applied around the middle of the twentieth century.

Ashtray
An ashtray is a product in which smokers can deposit the ashes of their cigarettes or cigars, and can put down their remainder of the smoked cigarette.

Functionally, there are two types of ashtrays: closed and open ashtrays. A closed version keeps the smells of the removed ash slightly inside, so that fewer odors come from the ashtray.

Ashtrays become rarer as a result of the smoking ban inmore and more countries.

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