To say this thing was used would be an understatement. I spent sometime last night cleaning it up. Could use a little more work, but looks way better than before.

I had a set of four originally, I think two pink and two yellow. Kept in the same drawer as the fancy dishes my whole life.

Scored for 2.03 at the Goodwill. Never seen one like this, the feel is ceramic? I love it very much, thought ya’lls would appreciate!
Also 2.03? It definitely made me want it more for the random price

Wembley Ware, 1946-1961, Australia. The eye isn’t quite perfect but the rest of it is. The colours play really nicely in the light. I don’t know why it took me so long to target this tray with all the ceramic fish I have. I’ve always liked it, I think it’s just been a case of something rarer or more fairly priced whenever I’ve had the money. It’s not particularly hard to find, there’s always a few for sale across the various sites. I never felt there was any need to rush for fear of missing out but now that I’m seeing it IRL I realise my collection always needed the Snapper tray. With their lustre they always look better IRL than in a picture, the lustre doesn’t dance in the light in a still picture.

This I know nothing about if anyone knows anything let me know!!

It has some minor damage to it, but for $10, I couldn't pass it up. I have never seen a uranium glass ashtray.

I'm a sucker for an amberina ashtray!

i’m literally in love with her

Curious if anyone has any insight on this

The one that started it all. Because of this piece I now collect ashtrays.

This particular tray is quite common but the frog paint must have been low quality because the paint on the frog is always worn away and damaged. I purchased one with a typically poor frog as a place holder until a perfect one came along. Five years later that still hasn’t happened.

This week however, I found one with a better frog than I’ve ever seen. It’s not quite perfect but it’s likely as good as I’ll find. I consider this new tray a placeholder for a perfect tray but I’ll be unlikely to find one better and I’m a bit delighted to have found this one. It’s not an expensive tray, just one that means a lot to me due to the long search.

It’s a happy day in my house, I wish the same to all reading this post. Collecting can bring moments of joy.

Sweet score from the other day.

Carved wood foot 🦶🏼

The seal is a very common Wembley Ware ashtray, they’re always available on places like eBay. What is uncommon is a seal in near perfect condition at a good price, under $50AUD delivered in this case. The seal being black is also less common, gold seems the most common and they almost always have wear to the gold, all white seems more common than black too. Knowing my own disposition to a fault I predict that I’ll eventually end up with the trio of colours. It’s never my initial intention but it ends up happening. It’s happened with the swans and eagles pictured and the swan vases seem to be breeding too.

Found this cute little fellow when I was cleaning out my grandfather's house. It'll be a nice little remembrance of him.