Ashtrays
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Glass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Murano Glass
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Murano Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Ashtrays
Murano Glass
20th Century Modern Ashtrays
Ceramic
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Ceramic, Pottery
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
1960s Beninese Minimalist Vintage Ashtrays
Wood
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Murano Glass
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Ashtrays
Metal
20th Century Congolese Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Malachite
Early 20th Century European Edwardian Ashtrays
Silver Plate
Early 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Onyx, Bronze
Mid-19th Century Egyptian Islamic Antique Ashtrays
Brass, Silver, Copper
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Metal, Brass
2010s Austrian Ashtrays
Brass
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Murano Glass
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Glass
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Murano Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Ashtrays
Murano Glass
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Ashtrays
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Murano Glass
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Ashtrays
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Pottery
1960s Italian Rococo Revival Vintage Ashtrays
Art Glass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Murano Glass
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Aluminum
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Brass
1960s Italian Vintage Ashtrays
Onyx
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Ashtrays
Glass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Cut Glass
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Opaline Glass
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Ashtrays
Crystal
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Stoneware
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Murano Glass
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Plastic
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Ashtrays
Art Glass
Early 19th Century German Art Deco Antique Ashtrays
Marble, Bronze
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Blown Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Metal, Chrome
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Glass
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Ceramic, Majolica
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Murano Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Alabaster
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Italian Ashtrays
Glass, Murano Glass
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Murano Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Ashtrays
Glass, Murano Glass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Ashtrays
Bronze
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Murano Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Travertine
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.