**DISCLAIMER: The items that I am presenting in this blog are not an advertisement or endorsements for their original intended use! I am merely presenting bits of oddities, past cultures, and glances of eras-long-gone!**
With that said,
"A" is for...
ASHTRAYS (pocket & purse).
'perfect' start for an Alphabet Series of the New Year?
probably not...
- One of the highest ranking New Years Resolutions is to 'Quit Smoking'
- Smoking is now tabu and Politically Incorrect
BUT here they are!
A flashback to when the fashionable 'LADY' was always a LADY, and if her (or her husband!) needed a smoke in a place when they were out, she could just pull this little (average size about 1 1/2" x 1 1/2") beauty out of her purse, and VOILA! Thanks to the hinged cover, the ashes and butts were contained until you had a place to put them!
I haven't been able to get a good 'dating' for them, but I'm figuring 1950's - 60's??
These little purse accessories had it all...
- hinge cover (sometimes with mirror inside to check that your lipstick hadn't smudged while smoking!!)
- a 'rest' for your cigarette
- a small handle so as to 'daintily' hold - if there was no available space to set it down
- occasionally even 'crossed' with a PURSE HOLDER - to support your purse from the edge of the table and not subject it to the detriment of the floor!
Oh. So. Stylish as well!!
FUN 'souvenirs' from a bygone-era...
(Search the bottom of junk-jewelry Lots, and they can still be found for a couple of dollars!!)
Be Well
and
en JOY!!
2 comments:
Love these! Whenever I see them, they are almost always labeled as "pill boxes" Wrong-O!
SHARA- THANKS for stopping by! It IS fun to occasionally be 'one-up' on the 'experts' ;-)!!
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