Ashtray from Mae's Millinery Shop
date: label: Date
content: 1941-1994
name: label: Created by
content: Plymouth Ceramics Co., American
label: Owned by
content: Mae Reeves, American, 1912 - 2016
label: Subject of
content: Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
notes: label: Description
content: A white porcelain ashtray with gold glazed stars around the border. It is roughly triangular in shape. Text carved into the bottom of the base reads "PLYMOUTH / PRODUCTS CO / PHILA PA / 76A".
place: label: Place collected
content: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Millinery
label: Topic
content: Women
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Mae's Millinery Shop Collection
label: Classification
content: Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Mae Reeves and her children, Donna Limerick and William Mincey, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2010.6.121
objectType: label: Type
content: ashtrays
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: pigment on ceramic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 2 x 8 x 6 1/2 in. (5.1 x 20.3 x 16.5 cm)