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Ashtray
Accession # 2002.104.1
Designer Michael Higgins
Designer Frances Higgins
Title Ashtray
Date ca. 1955
Medium Glass
Dimensions 3/4 x 7 x 5 in. (1.9 x 17.8 x 12.7 cm)
Marks Printed on rim in lower right corner, in script: "higgins"
Credit Line H. Randolph Lever Fund
Location Visible Storage: Case 18, Shelf P (Contemporary Design)
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.