Ashtray
Classification:
Date:
1945-1955
Medium:
Printed metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/4 x 4 1/8 x 4 1/8 in. (0.6 x 10.5 x 10.5 cm)
Description:
Stamped pin-up ashtray, advertising Two Sisters Kitchen. Woman, wearing only a pink robe, stands on cushion, as she talks on the telephone. Set against image of living room, with blue border. Text on border reads: "Swiped From / Two Sisters Kitchen / RT. 69 Glen Gardner, N. J. / Home Cooking".
Credit Line:
Gift of Ivan C. & Marilynn Gelfman Karp
Object Number:
2010.26.11
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1955
eMuseum Object ID:
66888
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ashtray
Classification:
Date:
1945-1955
Medium:
Printed metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/4 x 4 1/8 x 4 1/8 in. (0.6 x 10.5 x 10.5 cm)
Description:
Stamped pin-up ashtray, advertising Two Sisters Kitchen. Woman, holding groceries, has pink dress lift and expose thighs, while boarding bus. Set against image depicting interior of bus, male driver, with a blue border. Text on border reads: "Swiped From / Two Sisters Kitchen / RT. 69 Glen Gardner, N. J. / Home Cooking".
Credit Line:
Gift of Ivan C. & Marilynn Gelfman Karp
Object Number:
2010.26.10
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1955
eMuseum Object ID:
66887
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ashtray
Classification:
Date:
1945-1955
Medium:
Printed metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/4 x 4 1/8 x 4 1/8 in. (0.6 x 10.5 x 10.5 cm)
Description:
Stamped pin-up ashtray, advertising Bridge Tavern. Woman, wearing a pale yellow dress, exits a convertible. Set against a blue background, with red border. Captioned: "Sport Model / litho in U.S.A". Text on border reads: "Stolen From / Bridge Tavern / Enterprise, Wash. / Kelly, Manager".
Credit Line:
Gift of Ivan C. & Marilynn Gelfman Karp
Object Number:
2010.26.9
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1955
eMuseum Object ID:
66886
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ashtray
Classification:
Date:
1945-1955
Medium:
Printed metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/4 x 4 1/8 x 4 1/8 in. (0.6 x 10.5 x 10.5 cm)
Description:
Stamped pin-up ashtray, advertising Caracausa Realty. Woman, wearing a pale yellow dress, exits a convertible. Set against a blue background, with red border. Captioned: "Sport Model / litho in U.S.A". Text on border reads: "Caracausa Realty Co / 'If you live on earth, why / not own a chunk of it' / Floral Park 4-4339 / 17 New Hyde Park Road / Franklin Square L.I."
Credit Line:
Gift of Ivan C. & Marilynn Gelfman Karp
Object Number:
2010.26.8
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1955
eMuseum Object ID:
66885
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ashtray
Classification:
Date:
1945-1955
Medium:
Printed metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/4 x 4 1/8 x 4 1/8 in. (0.6 x 10.5 x 10.5 cm)
Description:
Stamped pin-up ashtray, advertising Hill Crest Motor Court. Woman, wearing underwear and heels, dresses into red dress. Set against a yellow background, with red border. Captioned: "French Dressing / litho in U.S.A". Text on border reads: "Swiped From / Hill Crest Motor Court / Huntsville, Alabama / Phone JE 4-9184".
Credit Line:
Gift of Ivan C. & Marilynn Gelfman Karp
Object Number:
2010.26.7
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1955
eMuseum Object ID:
66884
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ashtray
Classification:
Date:
1945-1955
Medium:
Printed metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/4 x 4 1/8 x 4 1/8 in. (0.6 x 10.5 x 10.5 cm)
Description:
Stamped pin-up ashtray, advertising Bridge Tavern. Woman, wearing a blue dress, sits on cushion while holding a dog. Set against a yellow background, with red border. Captioned: "PEEK-A'-KNEES / litho in U.S.A". Text on border reads: "Stolen From / Bridge Tavern / Enterprise, Wash. / Kelly, Manager".
Credit Line:
Gift of Ivan C. & Marilynn Gelfman Karp
Object Number:
2010.26.6
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1955
eMuseum Object ID:
66883
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ashtray
Classification:
Date:
1945-1955
Medium:
Printed metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/4 x 4 1/8 x 4 1/8 in. (0.6 x 10.5 x 10.5 cm)
Description:
Stamped pin-up ashtray, advertising Caracausa Realty Co. Woman, wearing a blue dress, sits on cushion while holding a dog. Set against a yellow background, with red border. Captioned: "PEEK-A'-KNEES / litho in U.S.A". Text on border reads: "Caracausa Realty Co / 'If you live on earth, why / not own a chunk of it' / Floral Park 4-4339 / 17 New Hyde Park Road / Franklin Square L.I."
Credit Line:
Gift of Ivan C. & Marilynn Gelfman Karp
Object Number:
2010.26.5
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1955
eMuseum Object ID:
66882
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ashtray
Classification:
Date:
1945-1955
Medium:
Printed metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/4 x 4 1/8 x 4 1/8 in. (0.6 x 10.5 x 10.5 cm)
Description:
Stamped pin-up ashtray, advertising Eddie's Cafe. Woman, wearing white, sits on bed, tuning radio. Set against a blue background, with red border. Captioned: "Catchy Number, litho in U.S.A". Text on border reads: "Eddie's Cafe / 1288 Greenwich Ave. / Apponaug, R.I. / Hillsgrove 1-1099".
Credit Line:
Gift of Ivan C. & Marilynn Gelfman Karp
Object Number:
2010.26.4
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1955
eMuseum Object ID:
66881
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ashtray
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1990
Medium:
Stainless steel
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/4 x 4 3/4 x 4 3/8 in. ( 7 x 12.1 x 11.1 cm )
Description:
Polished stainless steel ashtray in two pieces; circular bowl on flattened tripod base; lid with circular opening for ashes; cigarette rest attached to lid, overhanging opening and side of bowl.
Credit Line:
Gift of Graydon Carter, Editor, Vanity Fair
Object Number:
2004.22
Marks:
stamp: on side of bowl: around perimeter of double circle, with linear design inside, "bauhaus / original / modell"
stamp: on side of bowl: "...(illeg.) / ALESSI / INOX 18/10 / ITALY"
Gallery Label:
This ashtray, designed by Bauhaus metal designer Marianne Brandt in 1924 and reproduced by the Italian firm Alessi, was purchased by Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter for his office. In 2003, Carter received a summons under the city's new antismoking regulations for having this unused ashtray visible in his Times Square Office.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1990
eMuseum Object ID:
55689
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tobacco box
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1850
Medium:
Tin, brass, paint, gold leaf
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/4 x 8 3/4 x 7 1/4 in. ( 13.3 x 22.2 x 18.4 cm )
Description:
Japanned tin tobacco holder with gold, white, and red floral decoration on black ground; oval container with serpentine edge attached to base shaped like a tray, with four rudimentary paw feet on underside; flat lid with slight downward curve and urn-shaped brass finial; sheet metal insert with ring handle.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1538a-c
Gallery Label:
This object was once part of the folk art collection of Elie Nadelman (1882-1946), the avant-garde sculptor. From 1924 to 1934, Nadelman's collection was displayed in his Museum of Folk Arts, located in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. The Historical Society purchased Nadelman's entire collection in 1937.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
45795
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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