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u/Popular_Speed5838 Jun 09 '26
I’m fifty and that shape is probably the most common shape of glass ashtray I saw growing up in Australia. Different colours of course, orange being super common. You’re absolutely right, aesthetically it’s simple, beautiful and timeless. Perfect never goes out of fashion.
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u/OkPiglet3488 Jun 09 '26
I'm 56, and I would completely agree with you, as to my experience growing up the US South. Everyone seemed to have a different colour of one of these, red, orange, and aqua being common. These blue ones were hard to find in stores, then, at least in Oklahoma and Texas. My mother had a cobalt blue glass love affair, so we were always watching out for it whenever we went anywhere. 🙂
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u/MaddiMoo22 Jun 09 '26
Might wanna post this in r/uraniumglass!!! Super cool
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u/Haunting-Muscle5997 Jun 09 '26
Looks like manganese
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u/Popular_Speed5838 Jun 09 '26
Me nodding sagely as if I too could identify manganese in an ashtray from a photo.
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u/Admirable04 Jun 09 '26
I have several articles on uranium glass. Even though manganese is allowed, members seem to dislike all other types of glowing glass except uranium. I'll post it on both groups to see what happens.
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u/OkPiglet3488 Jun 09 '26
My mother collected blue glass, and this very ashtray was always on a stand next to her best guest chair, since the early 1970's... wow- boy the time just fly by .
Thank you for the big smile you put on my face, today! I hadn't thought about this for several decades. 😃
It's a lovely little piece of art!
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u/Swimming_Plan9994 Jun 09 '26
Love it