Ashtray
- Object Name:
- Ashtray
- Object ID:
- 1961.049.01
- Place of Origin:
- Wellsville, Ohio -- East Liverpool Pottery District
- Date:
- 1961
- Description:
- Souvenir Ash Tray. Ironstone. Circular dish with feather-molded rim and two concavities. Base ring present. Decoration in overglaze gold shows an image of a tree. Within the tree are the words in upper case letters: "UNITED WE GROW". On the trunk is: "1761 / to / 1961". To the sides of the tree in upper case letters: "THE PLAIN MERIDEN". Below the tree in upper case letters: "TOWN OF PLAINFIELD N.H." Decorated with a single gold band on shoulder. Maker's mark on reverse in gold shows image of North America, across which is written, in upper and lower case letters, "W.C. BUNTING CO. / A Great Name in Pottery / WELLSVILLE. OHIO."
- Material:
- Ceramic
Earthenware - Ironstone - Dimensions:
- H-1 Dia-5.3 inches
- Provenance:
- Given with a selection of souvenirs of the Plainfield, NH, Bicentennial, 1961. This souvenir ashtray has the maker's mark of W. C. Bunting Co., Wellsville, Ohio (pottery established 1947).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Vernon A. Hood
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