Ashtrays
Mid-19th Century German Antique Ashtrays
Iron
Mid-20th Century Congolese Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Malachite
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Bronze
20th Century Japanese American Classical Ashtrays
Ceramic, Paint
2010s Austrian Ashtrays
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Ashtrays
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century German Expressionist Ashtrays
Art Glass
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Metal
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Slate
2010s Brazilian Modern Ashtrays
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Glass
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Murano Glass
20th Century American Art Deco Ashtrays
Crystal
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Brass
1970s Italian Vintage Ashtrays
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Petrified Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Indonesian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Petrified Wood
1920s Vintage Ashtrays
Metal
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Brass
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Ashtrays
Murano Glass
1950s Italian Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Glass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Ceramic, Paint
2010s Mexican Art Deco Ashtrays
Marble
1980s French Vintage Ashtrays
Ceramic
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Copper
1960s Italian Vintage Ashtrays
Onyx
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Murano Glass
1970s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Art Glass, Blown Glass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Metal
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Ashtrays
Ceramic
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Murano Glass
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Metal, Brass
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Murano Glass
1960s Italian Vintage Ashtrays
Art Glass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Murano Glass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Murano Glass
2010s North Korean Modern Ashtrays
Shell
2010s American Ashtrays
Blown Glass
2010s North Korean Modern Ashtrays
Shell
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century American Ashtrays
Glass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Glass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Glass
Mid-20th Century Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Pottery
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Ashtrays
Murano Glass
Mid-20th Century Swedish Art Deco Ashtrays
Porcelain
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Earthenware
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Petrified Wood
Late 20th Century French Ashtrays
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Indonesian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Petrified Wood
1970s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Ceramic
2010s American Ashtrays
Blown Glass
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Petrified Wood
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Pottery
1970s Greenlandic Folk Art Vintage Ashtrays
Soapstone
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.