Ashtrays
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Ashtrays
Porcelain
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Pottery, Terracotta, Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Italian Post-Modern Ashtrays
Blown Glass
20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Onyx
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Murano Glass
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Ashtrays
Nickel
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Metal, Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Ceramic
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Copper
20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Brass
20th Century French Ashtrays
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Silver Leaf
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Art Glass
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Murano Glass
1970s Italian Brutalist Vintage Ashtrays
Agate
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Murano Glass
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Brass
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Murano Glass
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Murano Glass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Murano Glass
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Murano Glass
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Murano Glass
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Ashtrays
Alabaster
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Metal
Mid-20th Century German Louis XIV Ashtrays
Porcelain
1970s French Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Italian Ashtrays
Glass
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Leather
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Ashtrays
Copper
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Murano Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Ashtrays
Crystal
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Art Glass, Murano Glass, Blown Glass
1930s Danish Victorian Vintage Ashtrays
Bronze
Late 20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Crystal
1860s Mid-Century Modern Antique Ashtrays
Glass, Art Glass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Pottery
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Mercury Glass
Mid-20th Century Ashtrays
Enamel, Tin
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Murano Glass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Ashtrays
Glass
1950s Italian Vintage Ashtrays
Marble
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Brass, Bronze
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Alabaster
Mid-20th Century Finnish Scandinavian Modern Ashtrays
Crystal
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Metal, Chrome
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Alabaster
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Petrified Wood
Mid-20th Century American Ashtrays
Ceramic, Pottery
1980s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Brass
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Stone, Onyx
15th Century and Earlier Indonesian Mid-Century Modern Antique Ashtrays
Petrified Wood
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Ashtrays
Murano Glass
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Murano Glass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Opaline Glass
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Ashtrays
Pottery
Antique, New and Vintage Ashtrays
Once a near-universal tabletop accessory, many antique, new and vintage ashtrays have taken on an entirely new purpose in today’s homes.
Whereas these formerly ubiquitous objects were associated with smoking, drinking, gambling and other vices, a well-designed and interesting ashtray is a candy dish, coaster or cocktail garnish receptacle in today’s interiors. But don’t discount its initial function. Amid your carefully curated coastal chic California decor, for example, a stone ashtray can help you manage the ashes that accumulate while you’re burning your morning incense. Old glass ashtrays, which are quite popular and easily found in free-form, organic shapes, can be a purely decorative final touch when styling a coffee table, whether you’ve filled it with wrapped lemon-drop candies or not.
In the postwar years, the democratization of luxury led to an explosion in the number of well-designed ashtrays, and there are many mid-century modern ashtrays to choose from on 1stDibs. (It’s no coincidence that sculptor Isamu Noguchi devised his “Dymaxion” version, which he hoped would make him rich, in 1945. Alas, it turned out to be too difficult to mass-produce.) The design collection of the Museum of Modern Art includes ashtrays by Carlo Scarpa (Murano glass, 1950–59); Achille Castiglioni (stainless steel with spring-like inserts, 1970); Masayuki Kurokawa (rubber and steel, 1973) and more. Smoking declined in popularity in the 1970s and ’80s, after the surgeon general’s warning began appearing on cigarette packs, but designers were still crafting ashtrays through the end of the century (especially outside the United States).
On 1stDibs, browse a collection of antique, new and vintage ashtrays that includes everything from modern and minimalist cigar ashtrays to outwardly ornate Art Deco ashtrays that evoke the opulence and elegance of the 1920s.