Collection Highlights
Architect's Sign
ca. 1837
1953.197
Wood
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Ashtray
Object name
Ashtray
Date
1910-1950
Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
1 3/8 x 5 in. diameter
Description
This beige ceramic ashtray is marked in brown "Guinness Is Good For You" around the sides and in the center is a drawing of a fat man in early 19th century clothes dictating to a clerk, with the caption "A famous drawing by "Phiz" of Sam Weller composing/ his Valentine, showing a contemporary notice of Guinness".
Credit Line
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number
2002.1.358
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
