Vintage plastic melamine ashtray for Caballero

Vintage plastic melamine ashtray for Caballero.

• Manufacturer: Caballero
• Date of manufacture: 1970s

Description
Vintage ashtray made of sturdy plastic for "Caballero" from the 70s. Round model with large letters Caballero on both sides. White with brown edge with white brand text. With four slots for placing a cigarette. "Different than others". Marked on the bottom. Tapered from bottom to top.

Melamine is used for its colour-fastness, easy maintenance, hygiene, resistance to abrasion and resistance to cracking. Melamine is a plastic available in various colours and structures.

Condition
This 1970s ashtray is in a good vintage condition with normal traces of use and age-related traces of wear. Photos are part of the description.

Size

• Height: 5 cm.
• Diameter: 16.5 cm - 13 cm.

Caballero is a Dutch cigarette brand, and is produced by the tobacco manufacturer British American Tobacco (BAT), which besides this brand also manufactures Lucky Strike and Barclay. Caballero is the Spanish word for knight.

The advertising agency Prad, founded in 1945, launched the slogan "Caballero, different from others", whereby initially well-known Dutch people from mainly artistic circles have to promote the product (Ramses Shaffy, the young Jeroen Krabbé and Henk van Ulsen, for example, who later explained in not to smoke at all).

There were different types on the market, such as regular and light.

Caballero cigarettes were packaged in cartons or packs of 24, 25 (plain) and 27 cigarettes.

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