Ashtray from the Rock Rest Tourist Home
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1938
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Frank M. Whiting Company, American, 1878 - 1960
label: Subject of
content: Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
label: Owned by
content: Clayton Sinclair, American
label: Owned by
content: Hazel Sinclair, American
notes: label: Description
content: A Frank M. Whiting and Company silver and glass ashtray from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The ashtray is constructed from clear glass and has a silver rim. The glass bottom has a molded starburst deign with a circle at the center. The rim has a band of round metal beads at the top but is otherwise smooth. Text stamped on the top of rim reads [FRAN[K] WHITING & CO. / STERLING / 04 / PAT PENDING].
place: label: Place collected
content: Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
label: Place made
content: North Attleborough, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Black interiors
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Travel
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Rock Rest Tourist Home 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 of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.12.56
objectType: label: Type
content: ashtrays
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No known copyright restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and glass
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 13/16 × 3 3/4 × 3 3/4 in. (2 × 9.5 × 9.5 cm)