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<p>[QUOTE="gregsglass, post: 279718, member: 78"]Hi,</p><p> I usually say if I think I am right it just might be. I am kind of sure that this is an ashtray. In the 50s people started to quit smoking or "hid" that they were smoking. There were a lot of cigarette boxes and ceramic holders some musical. The days of little vases holding cigarettes at place settings were disappearing. I remember my aunt who was a 3 pack a day smoker carried a mint box in her handbag in case she was at a place that had no ashtrays. </p><p>greg[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gregsglass, post: 279718, member: 78"]Hi, I usually say if I think I am right it just might be. I am kind of sure that this is an ashtray. In the 50s people started to quit smoking or "hid" that they were smoking. There were a lot of cigarette boxes and ceramic holders some musical. The days of little vases holding cigarettes at place settings were disappearing. I remember my aunt who was a 3 pack a day smoker carried a mint box in her handbag in case she was at a place that had no ashtrays. greg[/QUOTE]
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