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Ashtray

Designers: Michael Higgins, American, born England, 1908-1999; Frances Higgins, American, 1912-2004
Medium: Glass
Place Made: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Dates: ca. 1955
Dimensions: 3/4 x 7 x 5 in. (1.9 x 17.8 x 12.7 cm)
Markings: Printed on rim in lower right corner, in script: "higgins"
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 2002.104.1
Credit Line: H. Randolph Lever Fund
Image: Overall, 2002.104.1_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Light gray slumped glass ashtray with gold, silver, and painted decorations. Rectangular in shape with shallow bowl and wide rim; semicircular channel in rim on each short side for holding cigarette. Decorated with four fish of different sizes and types in silver, royal blue, and green; each fish on raised rectangular panel. Gilded background simulating water and gold hook and line on right rim.

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