H74.448.1

Ashtray. Description: green porcelain, 4" diameter, curved half form w/5 sq. holes across center. Mfg. Trenton, N.J. From the History Information Station: Object: Ceramic ashtray, and red, white and blue matchbook with a big V for Victory! History: Smoking accessories were fashionable home decorations in the 1940s. And even matchbooks became patriotic emblems, to push the U.S. "On to Victory!" in World War II. Museum Purchase and Gift of Jerry Cimino