Trench-y Heavy Handmade Brass and Aluminum Ashtray unique box I also imagine that the

I also imagine that the stopper once extended into a spoon

he's got a nice weight--no falling off the wall for this one

with gold loop at top for wearing on a chain

I am guessing it is stuffed with sawdust

pins and all

Trench-y Heavy Handmade Brass and Aluminum Ashtray unique box I also imagine that theIf not made during wartime, this emphatically handmade ashtray at least has a very strong make do trench art sensibility, and the brass looks very much to me like melted down shell casings. I really love its fat walled, amoeba like shape, and then these shiny silver shapes (aluminum I believe, and revealed to be one plate when turned over) that read a bit like landmasses with a river running through. Really an excellent object I think, perfect on the