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Title: ID Help for heavy frosted crystal ashtray
Post by: Alton11 on July 14, 2013, 03:22:00 AM

Not expecting it to be valuable, but it was only $2 and feels like a quality piece. Is 7.5 inches long X 2 inches tall, and  weighs in at 3.5 Lbs
Ashtrays not usually my thing, but it appears to be vintage. Thnx for looking.

Title: Re: ID Help for heavy frosted crystal ashtray
Post by: Alton11 on July 14, 2013, 08:52:47 AM

any chance it is an IIttala piece? kind of reminds me of this Tapio Wirkkala vase.

Title: Re: ID Help for heavy frosted crystal ashtray
Post by: Ivo on July 14, 2013, 09:46:09 AM

The technique seems to be different. Your ashtray is pressed, then satinated. I would sooner look in the direction of Barolac or Peill & Pützler.

Title: Re: ID Help for heavy frosted crystal ashtray
Post by: astrid on July 17, 2013, 12:23:19 PM

I don't recognize it as such, but a German origin is very likely. If it's Peill, it's not a design or piece I have seen before, but it still could be (though most P&P pieces are marked with a double P).

But even more likely, it could be from one of the many smaller German glass factories that used satinated techniques.

Astrid