Modern Ashtrays
MODERN STYLE
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
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Style: Modern
Abraham Palatnik ashtray. Silon Brasil, 1970s.
Located in Barcelona, ES
Ashtray designed by Abraham Palatnik, produced by “Silon Brasil” in 1970s. Made out of polyester resin and chrome iron. Good condition with the usual wear and tear of time.
Category
1970s Brazilian Vintage Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Chrome
New Modern Cigarettes and Cigar Ashtray in Black Marble, creator Chiossi Stock
Located in Milan, IT
Tuscan sculptor Michele Chiossi, has found in marble a medium to describe modernity with its myths and symbols, creating the Contemporary collection. An emoji can be a tray; an emoji heart, not necessarily pierced by an arrow, can be a place of creativity in the kitchen, a chopping board or a working surface; a dash; a zigzag; granting the marble a moment of levity, becoming vertical in a vase; reflecting an ideal image of ourselves. Unique objects to be experienced as a couple, to gift to friends, jewels of our daily lives.
Time and smoke pass, ashtrays remain. As everlasting as marble, as elegant as a concentric circle of smoke spreading through the air. Chiossi revisits the most Classic of living room...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Marble
Squash Yellow Ashtray, by Maria Sanchez from Memphis Milano
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
The Squash Yellow Ashtray in ceramic was originally designed in 1985 by Maria Sanchez for Memphis Milano. The Squash ashtray is one of the smallest obje...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Ceramic
Contemporary Bronze Ashtray, LINES by Reda Amalou, 2015
Located in Paris, FR
The solid bronze ashtray is designed with a patterned removable top. The motif used here, a repetition of lines and voids, has been developed by Reda Amalou and is used in several pieces of the Reda Amalou Collection.
The Bronze ashtray is 135 x 135 x 65mm H
This design exists also in a tiny incense...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Carlo Nason Signed Murano Sommerso Glass Ashtray/Catch-all Bowl
Located in Miami, FL
Carlo Nason Signed Murano Sommerso Glass Ashtray/Catch-all Bowl
Offered for sale is a striking Murano glass Sommerso ashtray or catch-all bowl that is hand-signed on the underside b...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Murano Glass
Glass and Silver Ashtray/Vide Poche, Gucci, Italy, c. 1970
By Gucci
Located in New York City, NY
Vintage Gucci ashtray/vide poche featuring bold and modern sterling silver detailing around the glass tray.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Silver
Italian modern Spherical table ashtray in black and white plastic, 1980s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern Spherical table ashtray in black and white plastic, 1980s
Spherical table ashtray in black plastic at the top and ivory white at the bottom. In the upper part it has t...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Plastic
Posacenere free standing Servofumo Achille/Pier Giacomo Castiglioni per Zanotta
Located in Milano, IT
Posacenere free-stading "Servofumo" disegnato da Achille e Pier Giacomo Castiglioni per Zanotta nel 1961.
Base in polipropilene verniciato nero. Asta di sostegno in acciaio e conteni...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Steel
French Modern Aluminum Table Ashtray Ray Hollis by Philippe Starck, 1990s
Located in MIlano, IT
French modern aluminum table ashtray Ray Hollis by Philippe Starck, 1990s
Fantastic and iconic table ashtray mod. Ray Hollis with rectangular aluminum base...
Category
1990s French Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Aluminum
Set of 3 Oyster Shell Trays. From the Oygg series
By WKND Lab
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Set of 3 Oyster Shell Tray, 2023
From the Oygg series
Material : Oyster Shells, Jesmonite
Overall size: 42 W x 11.2 D x 5.7 H (cm)
Individual Dimensions: 14 W x 11.2 D x 5.7 H (cm)
...
Category
2010s North Korean Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Shell
Set of 3 Oyster Shell Trays. From the Oygg series
By WKND Lab
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Set of 3 Oyster Shell Tray, 2023
From the Oygg series
Material : Oyster Shells, Jesmonite
Overall size: 42 W x 11.2 D x 5.7 H (cm)
Individual Dimensions: 14 W x 11.2 D x 5.7 H (cm)
...
Category
2010s North Korean Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Shell
Set of 2 Oyster Shell Trays. From the Oygg series
By WKND Lab
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Set of 2 Oyster Shell Tray, 2023
From the Oygg series
Material : Oyster Shells, Jesmonite
Overall size: 28 W x 11.2 D x 5.7 H (cm)
Individual Dimensions: 14 W x 11.2 D x 5.7 H (cm)
...
Category
2010s North Korean Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Shell
Set of 6 Oyster Shell Trays. From the Oygg series
By WKND Lab
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Set of 6 Oyster Shell Trays, 2023
From the Oygg series
Material : Oyster Shells, Jesmonite
Dimensions: 28 W x 33.6 D x 5.7 H (cm)
Individual size: 14 W x 11.2 D x 5.7 H (cm)
Weight:...
Category
2010s North Korean Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Shell
Humorous Vintage Porcelain Ashtray or Catchall
Located in East Quogue, NY
Charming, kitsch comical post-war porcelain ashtray or catchall, vide-poche.
Made in Japan during the late 1940s or early 1950s. The original "Japan" label is affixed to the back. ...
Category
1940s Japanese Vintage Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Ceramic
Red Italian Murano Sommerso Block Ash Tray by Flavio Poli for Seguso
By Flavio Poli
Located in Vienna, AT
This Flavio Poli hand-blown Murano glass bowl in soft grey is submerged into rectangle of clear glass. It can be used either as a decorative bowl or ashtray. Hand-blown in Murano in ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Murano Glass
Murano Art Glass Bowl
By Ars Murano
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Murano Art Biomorphic Glass Bowl. It depicts a heart shaped glass. It is white color in the back and in the front, its upper side is red...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Art Glass
Yellow and Clear "Sommerso" Murano Glass Ashtrey 1970s
Located in Florence, IT
Yellow and Clear "Sommerso" Murano Glass Vintage Ashtrey with frosted effect.
The technique of blowing Murano glass is called "sommerso" which means submerged. This technique is used...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Murano Glass
1970s Modernist Faceted Sommerso Murano Glass Big Ashtray by Seguso
By Seguso
Located in Aci Castello, IT
An iconic red, blue, and yellow sommerso Murano glass ashtray designed and manufactured in the Seventies by Seguso, it is in perfect condition and probably never used. The ashtray by...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Murano Glass
Metal and plastic ashtray, modern Italian, Gino Colombini, Kartell 1970
Located in MIlano, IT
Round-shaped ashtray with chrome-plated metal plate for collecting butts and with overhanging profile and beige plastic outer container. Can also be used as an empty-pocket plate.
Pr...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Metal
Kazan Ashtray by Naibu
Located in Geneve, CH
Kazan Ashtray by Naibu
Materials: Volcanic stone.
Dimensions: D 15 x H 10 cm.
Naibu
We are a multidisciplinary studio founded by Mara Calderón de la Barca and Brenda Ochoa, based in...
Category
2010s Mexican Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Stone
Joe Cactus Ashtray by Philippe Starck for Alessi, 1990s
Located in Lille, FR
Joe Cactus Ashtray by Philippe Starck for Alessi, 1990s.
Category
1990s French Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Bakelite
21st Century Federico Peri Stripe Ashtray Murano Glass Various Colors
Located in Brembate di Sopra (BG), IT
21st century Federico Peri IRIDE STRIPE ashtray Murano glass various colors.
Iride is a collection of ashtrays comprised of three different circular
models with engravings drawn from the collection of pots...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Murano Glass
HIM&HER TRAY- Tray
Located in Giza Governorate, EG
What if our souls were the features on our faces? What if we could
speak in feelings rather than words? Him and her side by side joined
by senses and bound by thoughts.
Category
2010s Egyptian Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Marble
Gucci Vintage White Porcelain Large square ashtray Ducks Theme
By Gucci
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
- White Porcelain
- Green/red/green belts detailing along the borders
- Ducks theme design in the center
- 'GUCCI - Made in Italy' embossed on the base of the ashtray
- Square-Shaped...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Porcelain
1970s Iconic Modernist White Ceramic Ashtray by Mangiarotti for F.lli Brambilla
Located in Aci Castello, IT
The Ashtray designed by Mangiarotti for F.lli Brambilla is a distinctive and timeless piece that captures the essence of modernist design during that era, with its clean lines, minim...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Ceramic
2 Ashtrays with Animal Motifs, Painted Porcelain.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
2 Ashtrays with Animal Motifs, Painted Porcelain.
2 ashtrays with animal motifs, 20th century, painted porcelain, SM mark.
H: 2.5cm, W: 10cm, D: 10cm
Category
20th Century French Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Porcelain
Kosta Boda Clear Round Rurik Textured Ashtray
By Kosta Boda
Located in East Quogue, NY
Stunning Mid-Century Modern Scandinavian 1950s Kosta Boda Rurik clear round textured ashtray in great vintage condition. No chips or cracks.
Glass has a nice weight to it —minimal ...
Category
1950s Scandinavian Vintage Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
Clear round thick cut vintage crystal starburst glass ashtray
Located in East Quogue, NY
Clear thick unmarked round crystal cut glass ashtray in perfect condition.
It has a star/sunburst cut motif in the center with leaf-cut design detail around the edges.
It is a pr...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Crystal
Onyx Stone Modernist Ashtray or Vide-Poche Catchall, Italy, 1980's
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Onyx Stone Modernist Ashtray or Vide-Poche Catchall, Italy, 1980's.
Category
20th Century Italian Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Stone, Onyx
A 1960s Modernist Yellow Green Sommerso Murano Glass Ashtray by Seguso
By Seguso
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A perfect condition yellow and green sommerso murano glass ashtray hand-crafted in Venice by Seguso, The Murano glass, is renowned for its quality and artistry. The "Sommerso" techni...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Murano Glass
Italian modern Green plastic metal Ashtray by Gino Colombini for Kartell, 1970s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern Green plastic and metal Ashtray by Gino Colombini for Kartell, 1970s
Round ashtray with black painted metal plate and with cantilevered chromed metal profile. Round ba...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Metal
Large Glam Rock Style Skull Tray
Located in New York, NY
Large glam rock skull tray, with a studded skull on a faux silk background, surrounded by a faux snakeskin studded ledge, and ultrasuede bottom.
Dimensions: 2.5" H x 30" W x 24" D.
Category
20th Century Unknown Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Silk, Faux Leather
Italian Tommaso Barbi Catchall Vide-Poche or Ashtray, Italy 1970s
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful Italian brass and green ceramic vide-poche catchall, by Italian designer Tommaso Barbi, '70s Modern period, Italy. Piece is by Italian designer Tommaso Barbi in a green g...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Brass
A 1960s Modernist Red Sommerso Murano Glass Large Triangular Ashtray by Seguso
By Seguso
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A perfect condition red and orange sommerso murano glass hand-crafted in Venice by Seguso, Murano glass, renowned for its quality and artistry. The "Sommerso" technique involves laye...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Murano Glass
Vintage Cesars Palace Casino Glass Ashtray, Las Vegas, 20th Century
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Vintage Cesars Palace Casino Glass Ashtray, Las Vegas, 20th Century.
Category
20th Century American Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Glass
1960s Three Barbados Ceramic Ashtray by Angelo Mangiarotti for Danese Milano
Located in Aci Castello, IT
Three vintage ceramic ashtray designed by Angelo Mangiarotti and manufactured by Danese Milano in The Sixties. The three iconic ashtray have different colors, diameter of the white o...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Ceramic
Golden Nugget Casino Black Glass Ashtray, Las Vegas, 20th Century
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Golden Nugget Casino Black Glass Ashtray, Las Vegas, 20th Century.
Category
20th Century American Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Glass
Nevada Club Decorative Glass Dish / Ashtray, Reno 1966
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Nevada Club Decorative Glass Dish / Ashtray, Reno 1966
Category
20th Century American Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Glass
Rick Owens Cast Bronze Ashtray or Vide Poche Nitrate Patina
By Rick Owens
Located in Chicago, IL
Rick Owens bronze relic collection ashtray or vide poche.
This is shown in the nitrate patina.
Originally designed in 2012.
Each piece is handcraf...
Category
2010s French Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Bronze
21st Century Federico Peri Cut Ashtray Murano Glass Various Colors
Located in Brembate di Sopra (BG), IT
21st century Federico Peri IRIDE CUT ashtray Murano glass various colors.
Iride is a collection of ashtrays comprised of three different circular
models with engravings drawn from the collection of pots...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Murano Glass
Contemporary Bronze Incense Box or ashtray, LINES by Reda Amalou, 2020
Located in Paris, FR
The bronze incense box or ashtray is designed with a patterned removable top. The motif used here, a repetition of lines and voids, has been developed by Reda Amalou and is used in s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Brass, Bronze
New Modern Cigarettes and Cigar Ashtray in Black Marble, creator Michele Chiossi
Located in Milan, IT
Time and smoke pass, ashtrays remain. As everlasting as marble, as elegant as a concentric circle of smoke spreading through the air. Chiossi revisits the most Classic of living room accessories...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Marble
Nevada Club Decorative Glass Tray / Ashtray, Reno 1968
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Nevada Club Decorative Glass Tray / Ashtray, Reno 1968.
Category
20th Century American Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Glass
Italian modern round table ashtray in steel by Dada International Design, 1980s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern round table ashtray in steel by Dada International Design, 1980s
Round table ashtray in steel. The central dish is concluded with a thick edge.
It was produced by Dada...
Category
1980s Vintage Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Steel
Nevada Club Decorative Glass Tray / Ashtray, Reno 1967
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Nevada Club Decorative Glass Tray / Ashtray, Reno 1967.
Category
20th Century American Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Glass
Italian modern Squared ashtray in transparent Murano glass by Venini, 1990s
By Venini
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern Squared ashtray in transparent Murano glass by Venini, 1990s
Square base ashtray with rounded corners in transparent Murano glass. In the center it has a white glass p...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Murano Glass
Vintage Fontana Arte Style Ashtray Table, 20th Century
By Fontana Arte
Located in New York City, NY
Effortlessly elegant green glass and brass ashtray/vide poche side table in the manner of Fontana Arte.
Category
20th Century Italian Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Glass
Green Onyx Ashtray / Catchall, Italy, 1970s
Located in Firenze, IT
Green onyx ashtray / catchall
Italy, 1970s
In the style of Up&Up Sergio Asti, Angelo Mangiarotti
Measures: 24 diameter x 5 cm height.
Co...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Onyx
Aureo Ashtray by Andrea Bonini
Located in Geneve, CH
Aureo Ashtray by Andrea Bonini
Limited Edition
Dimensions: D 13 x W 20 x H 4 cm.
Materials: Carrara marble and brass.
Made in Italy. Limited series, num...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Carrara Marble, Brass
Hermes, Paris Rare Big Ashtray in Dark Pink with Abstract Fern Plant Leaves
By Hermès
Located in Weiningen, CH
HERMES, Paris rare big ashtray in dark pink with abstract fern plant leaves with its box with some wear at the corners.
Category
1990s French Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Porcelain
Italian Modern Bowl Ashtray Biglia by Joe Colombo for Arnolfo di Cambio, 1970s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern Bowl Ashtray Biglia by Joe Colombo for Arnolfo di Cambio, 1970s
Ashtray mod. Biglia in violet-blue alexandrite. The semi-round shaped bowl features thick glass.
Prod...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Glass
1970s Mandruzzato Modernist Red Sommerso Murano Glass Ashtray
By Mandruzzato
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A red sommerso murano glass bowl designed and manufactured in Venice in the Seventies by Mandruzzato. It's in lovely conditions, probably never used as ashtray. Crafted by the skille...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Murano Glass
1970s Modernist Transparent Murano Glass Ashtray by Formia
Located in Aci Castello, IT
An extremely rare Murano glass ashtray designed and manufactured by Formia, it's a block of transparent and satin glass in lovely conditions. This Ashtray by Formia is a stunning exa...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Murano Glass
Guggenheim Round Ashtray by Michele Chiossi
Located in Geneve, CH
Guggenheim round ashtray by Michele Chiossi
Dimensions: 16 x 16 x 3 cm
Materials: Bianco Michelangelo marble
His research is defined by the ongoing analysis of the mood that mar...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Marble
Grotto Serving Plate by Kajsa Melchior
Located in Geneve, CH
Grotto serving plate by Kajsa Melchior.
Fictive Erosion collection
Dimensions: H approx. 20 cm
Ø: Approx. 40 cm
Materials: Sculpted in sand by human body pressaure.
Developed ...
Category
2010s Swedish Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Sandstone
Squash Gold Ashtray, by Maria Sanchez from Memphis Milano
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
The Squash Gold Ashtray in ceramic was originally designed in 1985 by Maria Sanchez for Memphis Milano. The Squash ashtray is one of the smallest object...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Ceramic
Guggenheim Square Ashtray by Michele Chiossi
Located in Geneve, CH
Guggenheim square ashtray by Michele Chiossi
Dimensions: W 19 x 16 x 3.5
Materials: Nero marquinia marble
His research is defined by the ongoing analysis of the mood that marks ...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Marble
Bronze Incense Burner by Henry Wilson
By Henry Wilson
Located in Geneve, CH
Bronze Incense Burner by Henry Wilson
Dimensions: D 6 x H 5 cm
Materials: Bronze
The Incense Burner was initially designed for Perfumer H. The p...
Category
2010s Australian Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Bronze
Modern ashtrays for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Modern ashtrays for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage ashtrays created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, decorative objects, building and garden elements and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, glass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Modern ashtrays made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and Brazil pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original ashtrays, popular names associated with this style include Danese Milano, Angelo Mangiarotti, Bruno Munari, and Michele Chiossi. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for ashtrays differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $56 and tops out at $4,771 while the average work can sell for $436.
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