Topic: Chance ashtray,nice colour!

[keith]

Not mine though,might offer him(brother) a fiver for it,

[Paul S.]

What a coincidence Keith.                     Don't remember seeing another, but probably more common than we think.

Presumably it's the coloured examples that David is referring to when he says made in clear and 'opaline'.             You've probably seen the blue example in Charles Hajdamach's book which carry Churchill's epitaph to the 'few'  -  are they very rare do you know?

Mine doesn't have any of the othere marks that David speaks of   i.e.      'Parker' or 'Fibreglass'  -  they apparently also did one (presumably pre-war) containing uranium.

You can have this one for nothing if you want a blue one.

[keith]

Thanks Paul but already got a blue one,marked fibreglass,one marked parker and a uranium green one,again thanks for the offer,

[Paul S.]

sure...........they must be common ..........   unless it's just that you were all very heavy smokers in the B'ham area

[keith]

Smoking still seems popular round here ,gave it up 25 years ago,don't see too many of these ashtrays,would love to get my hands on a yellow one,

[David E]

Not that common, but they did come in a variety of colours and finishes - see my earlier comment on another thread. I can now add to that list one with green Matthey Crinkles

But the style is to be admired - it was popular enough to be in production for about 20 years!

[Paul S.]

thanks for the information  -  bit remiss of me for not using the search facility.            I daren't start collecting them.......I've enough glass already, but would probably keep one of the Churchill worded examples should it turn up.