Ashtrays
2010s Austrian Ashtrays
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Silver Leaf
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century French Napoleon III Ashtrays
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Silver Leaf
1970s German Vintage Ashtrays
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Walnut
Mid-20th Century Congolese Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Malachite
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Gold Leaf
1950s Italian Other Vintage Ashtrays
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Cut Glass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Murano Glass
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Ashtrays
Metal
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Glass
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Faience
1950s Austrian Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Blown Glass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Malachite
1970s Italian Vintage Ashtrays
Plexiglass
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Wood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Enamel, Chrome
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Ashtrays
Glass, Sommerso, Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Petrified Wood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Ceramic
1960s American Vintage Ashtrays
Pottery
Mid-20th Century Italian Ashtrays
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Congolese Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Malachite
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Brass
1950s Italian Other Vintage Ashtrays
Murano Glass
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Ashtrays
Glass
Mid-20th Century American Ashtrays
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
2010s American Ashtrays
Blown Glass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Art Glass
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Blown Glass
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Glass
1970s German Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Murano Glass
1940s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Ashtrays
Silver
1970s French Vintage Ashtrays
Stoneware
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Aluminum
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Murano Glass
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Petrified Wood
Mid-20th Century German Ashtrays
Vermeil, Silver
1970s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Art Glass
2010s Austrian Ashtrays
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Blown Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Ashtrays
Ceramic
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Murano Glass
1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Ashtrays
Brass
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Plastic
1930s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Metal
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Ashtrays
Ceramic
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.