Antique Copper Ashtray / Printing Plate of Rev. Edmund Squire, Boston Zuni the long one is 4

the long one is 4 1/8" long x 1 5/8" wide x 1 3/4" tall

or hung directly on the wall where it might be easily taken down and put into action

I've been thinking about this piece

skillful and witty maker

A contemporary of Hagenauer

Antique Copper Ashtray / Printing Plate of Rev. Edmund Squire, Boston Zuni the long one is 4This 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