Ashtray
name: label: maker
content: Merck Sharp and Dohme
notes: label: Description
content: Ceramic ash tray, round with small foot, and three indentations in the top edge to support cigarettes. The ashtray is in the form of a ceramic mortar with a small pouring spout. A quote from Charles Lamb is printed around top surface: "The good things in life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture." Images of apothecary jars are on bottom of the bowl. an image of an apothecary interior and one of an apothecary exterior are on the outer side of the bowl. Print and images are in blue on the white ceramic ashtray. Date ca. 1960. Presumably this ashtray was made by the pharmaceutical company as a gift for pharmacy professionals.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Pharmacy
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. Robert M. Leonard in memory of Dr. Robert M. Leonard
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0675.24
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0675.24
label: accession number
content: 1991.0675
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Ashtray
label: Object Name
content: advertising device, ashtray
label: Other Terms
content: Ashtray; Advertising Material
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 5.2 cm x 11.2 cm; 2 1/16 in x 4 7/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in x 4 3/8 in x 4 7/8 in; 5.08 cm x 11.1125 cm x 12.3825 cm