Antique Copper Ashtray / Printing Plate of Rev. Edmund Squire, Boston painted lacquer box though find them quite rarely

though find them quite rarely

with an opening of 4" across at lip and 3 3/4" diameter at base

I found only one very similar one

and if I did not know better

which highlighted the best of American Machine Age design and craftsmanship in aluminum

Antique Copper Ashtray / Printing Plate of Rev. Edmund Squire, Boston painted lacquer box though find them quite rarelyThis is one of the most curious ashtrays I have encountered, with a very interesting history! Made of copper, at its center is the inscribed name backwards of "Rev. Edmund Squire." A bit of research informs me that Squire was the founder of the Pilgrim Church in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood, who, on Nov. 2, 1862the second year of the Civil Warconvened 16 people at his Dorchester home to unite themselves into what they called an unsectarian Church