Ashtrays
1770s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Ashtrays
Porcelain
15th Century and Earlier Seychellois Organic Modern Antique Ashtrays
Wood, Petrified Wood
15th Century and Earlier Indonesian Mid-Century Modern Antique Ashtrays
Petrified Wood
15th Century and Earlier Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique Ashtrays
Silver
1650s Danish Mid-Century Modern Antique Ashtrays
Ceramic
1670s French Antique Ashtrays
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Ashtrays
Brass
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Ceramic, Majolica
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Glass, Opaline Glass, Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Murano Glass
1770s Chinese Qing Antique Ashtrays
Porcelain
Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Ashtrays
Porcelain
Mid-18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Ashtrays
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Ceramic
Early 1900s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Ashtrays
Ormolu
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Ceramic
1960s Polish Art Deco Vintage Ashtrays
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century American Organic Modern Ashtrays
Pottery, Ironstone, Stoneware, Ceramic
1790s Unknown Baroque Antique Ashtrays
Bronze
1670s French Antique Ashtrays
Brass
15th Century and Earlier Indonesian Organic Modern Antique Ashtrays
Petrified Wood
15th Century and Earlier Indonesian Organic Modern Antique Ashtrays
Petrified Wood
15th Century and Earlier Indonesian Organic Modern Antique Ashtrays
Petrified Wood
15th Century and Earlier Indonesian Organic Modern Antique Ashtrays
Petrified Wood
15th Century and Earlier African Mid-Century Modern Antique Ashtrays
Petrified Wood
Early 1700s French Antique Ashtrays
Bronze
15th Century and Earlier Indonesian Antique Ashtrays
Petrified Wood
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.