Ashtrays
Late 19th Century English Antique Ashtrays
Porcelain
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Art Glass
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Ashtrays
Crystal
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Ashtrays
Copper
Mid-20th Century Italian Post-Modern Ashtrays
Blown Glass
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Ceramic
Late 20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Sterling Silver
1970s Italian Vintage Ashtrays
Glass
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Lucite, Plexiglass, Straw
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Crystal
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Metal, Chrome
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Murano Glass
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Ashtrays
Alabaster
1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Malachite, Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Porcelain
2010s Italian Ashtrays
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Italian Ashtrays
Glass, Murano Glass
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Art Glass
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Wood
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Ashtrays
Crystal
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Iron
Late 20th Century Italian Ashtrays
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Murano Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Ashtrays
Crystal
Mid-20th Century Congolese Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Ashtrays
Copper
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Ashtrays
Crystal
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Ashtrays
Copper
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Ashtrays
Bronze
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Brass
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Metal, Bronze
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Murano Glass
1950s Italian Vintage Ashtrays
Glass
19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Ashtrays
Ceramic
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Brass, Iron
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Pewter
1970s Italian Vintage Ashtrays
Murano Glass
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Brass
Late 20th Century Ashtrays
Ceramic
15th Century and Earlier Indonesian Mid-Century Modern Antique Ashtrays
Petrified Wood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Marble
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Ashtrays
Onyx, Bronze
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Glass, Plastic
20th Century French Modern Ashtrays
Crystal
1970s French Vintage Ashtrays
Art Glass
1940s Vintage Ashtrays
Brass
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Glass
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
1950s French Industrial Vintage Ashtrays
Iron
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Ceramic
Early 20th Century English Ashtrays
Brass
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Brass
Mid-20th Century Unknown Islamic Ashtrays
Metal, Brass
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Ashtrays
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Gold Leaf
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Opaline Glass
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Metal, Silver, Brass
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.