Not long after moving from Los Angeles back to Illinois, my parents took us to the Country Fair Mall in Coal Valley. We've been experienced antique shoppers (read: bargain hunters!) for many years, but now we were looking for Mid-Century items for our 1957 home.
Antique stores are generally packed to the gills with items older than the 1940-1970 Mid-Century period, and finding cool MCM (Mid-Century Modern) treasures can be frustrating. However, this particular antique mall has become a favorite because we keep finding interesting items at garage sale prices.
We don't smoke, but early on we purchased not one, not two, but four ash trays including the torquise ceramic one below.
They say, "where there's smoke...there's fire. The addition of a square candle from Hobby Lobby completes this ash tray's conversion to an objet d'art. Cost for all? Less than $15.00.
The "Scotty-Glenn of California USA" imprint on the bottom made this tray even more attractive to us. Here's a similar tray on eBay at the same price we paid.
I'm sure you don't do this, but we bought the tray without having a specific idea as to what to do with it. Placement near the fireplace seemed right. We are still adjusting our previous "Victorian" sensibilites to this new "less is more" aesthetic.
More on the other three ash trays later.
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