The word ashtray came into use around the 1920 and is a receptacle for ash from cigarettes and cigars and are typically made of fire retardant material such as glass, heat resistant plastic, pottery, metal, or stone. The most common ashtray design is a shallow cylinder with a flat base, designed to rest on a table. Other ashtrays, particularly in public places, are either wall or floor mounted. While simple, utilitarian forms of ashtrays existed long before the 19th century, it was during the start of the 20th century that the design, aesthetics and their popularity took off. As more women began to smoke. in the early 1900s, the ashtray went closer to being an art form as many women avoided the use of the traditional ashtray as it failed to reflect their feminine values, regarded as an item rather basic in design the general societal through of the time was that smoking was an activity exclusive to men. What emerged were detailed, often very fancy ashtrays acceptable to women depicting either pastoral scenes or vibrantly coloured landscapes. As time went on, and the onset of women smoking both cigars and cigarettes became less of a departure from the average person, ashtrays saw a decline in design and aesthetics beginning more of a shift towards practicality. The subject item is a primitive form of ashtray used in public spaces any time from the 1920-1960s and is not associated with an historic person or event. However the item could have come from the Warrnambool Town Hall given the inscription on the base of the item.Ash tray-large rectangular floor model with cement sheet lining. Made from a wooden box covered with textured metal on the outsideThe metal has a relief design embossed at the top back "smokers" and "Town Hall" printed on bottom.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, ash tray, town hall, cigarette tray, smoker's ash tray

Tobacco smoking became a popular leisure activity in the 19th century. The corkscrew and the tapper accessories are used to clean the pipe and remove the debris after the tobacco is smoked in the pipe. The tamper is marked Capstan, which is a brand of pipe tobacco. The brand was first used in 1894 when W.D. & H.O. Wills launched their new product. The pipe tobacco accessories are associated with tobacco pipes and with Capstan tobacco, which became available in the 1890s. Smoking has been a popular leisure activity since the 19th century and continues now. The manufacturer of Capstan, W.D. & H.O. Wills, was the first company to mass-produce cigarettes.Pipe cleaners; a pair of metal accessories tools for cleaning tobacco pipes. One is a corkscrew, and the other is a tapper, shaped like a tapered nail. The tapper has an inscription. The brand is Capstan."Smoke" "Capstan"warrnambool, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum, flagstaff hill maritime village, capstan, tobacco pipe tools, tobacco accessories, pipe corkscrew, pipe tamper, tobacco tapper, tobacco smoking

A silver plated case to hold, and protect from crushing, cigarettes in a coat pocket. A cigarette is a narrow cylinder containing tobacco, that is rolled into thin paper for smoking. "Tailor-made" in relation to cigarettes means cigarettes that have been mass-produced in a factory and usually have a filter tip inserted at the mouth piece. 'Hand-rolled' cigarettes or 'roll-your-own'. were made by the person themselves by rolling thin paper around a pinch of loose cut tobacco. After World War 2 1914- 1918 tailor made cigarettes were mass produced in large factories and were inexpensive and easy to obtain world wide. Residents of City of Moorabbin used a cigarette case like this to carry their tailor made cigarettes in their coat pocketsc1950 A silver plated cigarette case with spring hinge and metal strip inside case that holds cigarettes in place early settlers, market gardeners, silver smiths, jewellers, cigarettes, tailor made cigarettes, craven a cigarettes, phillip morris pty ltd, post world war 2 estates, moorabbin shire, bentleigh, mckinnon, highett, cheltenham,

The word ashtray came into use around the 1920 and is a receptacle for ash from cigarettes and cigars and are typically made of fire retardant material such as glass, heat resistant plastic, pottery, metal, or stone. The most common ashtray design is a shallow cylinder with a flat base, designed to rest on a table. Other ashtrays, particularly in public places, are either wall or floor mounted. While simple, utilitarian forms of ashtrays existed long before the 19th century, it was during the start of the 20th century that the design, aesthetics and their popularity took off. As more women began to smoke. in the early 1900s, the ashtray went closer to being an art form as many women avoided the use of the traditional ashtray as it failed to reflect their feminine values, regarded as an item rather basic in design the general societal through of the time was that smoking was an activity exclusive to men. What emerged were detailed, often very fancy ashtrays acceptable to women depicting either pastoral scenes or vibrantly coloured landscapes. As time went on, and the onset of women smoking both cigars and cigarettes became less of a departure from the average person, ashtrays saw a decline in design and aesthetics beginning more of a shift towards practicality. The subject item is a primitive form of ashtray used in public spaces any time from the 1900 -1960s and is not associated with an historic person or event. However the item could have come from the Warrnambool Town Hall given the inscription on the base of the item.Ash tray-large rectangular floor model made from a wooden box covered with textured metal on the outsideThe metal has a relief design embossed at the top back "smokers" and "Town Hall" printed on bottom.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, ash tray

Imported Two Seas Tobacco Tin with contents 3 brass hand cigarette rollers & 3 small wooden items 1 a brush. Red tin with gold & black print Imported Two Seas Cut Tobacco Mild Four Ounces, The Leaf used in the manufacture of Imported Two Seas Cut Tobacco is selected from the choicest crops grown in Virginia Imported Two Seas Cut Tobacco is supplied in three grades of strength Mild Medium & Strong. One roller marked L'Universel L.T.Bte_S.G.D.G PatentManfactured at United States Bonded Manufacturing Warehouse Class6 No1 Petersburg Virginia USApersonal effects, smoking accessories, tobacco tin

Smoking became common in The Netherlands as a result of trade with the West Indies. The Jan Steen illustrations of typical chaotic households were well known and eventually came to be used to poke fun at excessive tidiness.A round pewter ashtray with a scene from a Jan Steen interior in the centre bowl section. 4 cigarette resting places are round the outside edge.The outside edge is decorated with scroll type engravings. A pewter manufacturer's mark is impressed on the reverse side of the bowl.

Wooden rectangular case with inlaid ship, bird and sailboat with reflections on one side & painted horse's head with a painted inlaid bridle on other side. Oval sliding closure on one side. cigarette case, hand carving, inlay, tatura, world war ii, smoking accessories, horse head, inlay boat

Made in Camp 1 by AW - initials on back for Mr. FJ Haslinger in 1940. Mr Haslinger's initials and what is assumed to be his Prisoner No. (POW 2036) on the bottom. Given to Helmut Ruff as a momento when released from Camp in 1947Beaten copper ashtray with 4 indentations to rest cigarettes, hammered pattern either side of indentations and on bottom of ashtrayTatura POW - 2036 FJH 1940ashtray, haslinger fj, ruff h, camp 1, tatura, ww2 camp 1, smoking, accessory, copper

Small, very rusty cigarette tin would have held 20 De Reszke virginia cigarettes. The cigarettes were named after Jean De Reszke (1850-1925), a famous Polish opera singer and were advertised as "The Aristocrat of Cigarettes". Produced by J. Millhoff (a Russian cigarette maker living in London). A special blend of tobacco - that was believed not to damage the famous singer's voice. In gratitude Millhoff was allowed to sell the brand as "De Reszke" cigarettes.Top: De Reszke / VIRGINIA / The Aristocrat of / CIGARETTES. Two coats of arms - just visible on lid. Sides: 20 De Reszke 20 / De Reszke CORK / Godfrey Phillips (Aust) Pty. Ltd., Melbourne, Australia. MILLHOFF & C0 Pty Ltd. Printed inside: "Just as good and pure a cigarette as was especially made for and always smoked by that great singer Jean De Reszske". De RESZKE Virginia Picture of gentleman above (head and shoulders). smoking, de reszke, cigarettes, geoffrey phillips (aust) pty ltd, millhoff

Yellow metal (brass?) trench lighter. Probably used "Shellite" as fuel (or petrol). Could possbly be a Sergneur WWI brass petrol trench lighter - but no clear markings to establish this fact.Inside container: 098256 UW - WI Outside: may be ES on bottomsmoking, cigarettes

WW2 era Austrian metal cigarette rolling machine "RAPID" circa 1940s. This machine is designed to roll tobacco into individual cigarettes using cigarette papers. This item is a white metal box which opens up and on the inside has a cloth rolling mechanism. A cardboard container with 50 gummed papers is also included.Top: 1. "RAPID" - etched on top. Etched pattern in middle of top / 2. TALLY HO - 50 GUMMED Cigarette Papers. Bottom: TALLY-HO 50 GUMMED PAPERS / Made in Australia D10139. Inside: The individual papers herein have specially cut corners for your convenience / Make it a rule - use Tally-Ho smoking, cigarettes, tally-ho

"CAPSTAN" CIGARETTE TIN GREEN & GOLD BACKGROUND NAVY BLUE INSERT."CAPSTAN" W.D.& H.O.WILLS NAVY CUT (AUSTRALIA) LTD. SYDNEY TRADE MARK CIGARETTES.local history, personal effects, smoking accessories

The mouth piece was used as a replacement part for a pipeBlack and brown two piece mouth piece made of bakelite. Used by cigarette smokers for style and also prevented nicotine stains on the fingerspersonal effects, smoking accessories

Holder was donated by Eastern VolunteersAmber bakelite cigarette holder used by ladies to hold and smoke cocktail cigarettes. The popular brand used by this style of holder was Sobrani a black and gold cigarette.personal effects, smoking accessories

From the estate of Jenny Lang; 11 Pearcedale Grove, NunawadingSlim cigarette lighter; gold and royal bluepersonal effects, smoking accessories

This was a gift to Mrs Irene Standfield during the 1950's and has had little useCigarette case, lighter and lipstick holder in original box. All pieces are in blue green enamel with gold coloured trim. Box is artificial brown leather and lined in cream satinRONSON By Appointment to HRH The Duke of Edinburgh Suppliers of Electrical Shavers. Ronson Products Ltdpersonal effects, smoking accessories

Metal cigarette case. Map on front shows the U.S. Occupied Zone of Germany in the post war years.|Perhaps issued or sold to the U.S. Forces. There is a clip inside to hold cigarettes.U.S. Zone of Germanypersonal effects, smoking accessories

Cigarette tin from the NetherlandsMetal cigarette tin. Drawing of a man in stocks smoking a pipe with a man looking on. Drawing of a hunting horn on right hand side.Anno 1750.J & A.C/V. Rossem. Rotterdam.personal effects, smoking accessories

From Box Hill Historical SocietySmokingEmpty cigarette box red coloured with dark blue and cream strip across left hand top corner. Drawing of a man wearing a large hat in cream egg shaped frame on right hand side. same illustrated on back.Marquis Exclusive Blend. Marquis Cork Tipped.personal effects, smoking accessories

From Box Hill Historical SocietyEmpty Peter pan cigarette box. Green background with drawing of Peter Pan on left hand side. Peter Pan cigarettes Airy Fairy Charming Sweet. The manufacturers of Peter Pan cigarettes exercise the greatest care in selecting only the choicest of light Virginia tobaccos thus assuring a uniformly high quality.as abovepersonal effects, smoking accessories

From Box Hill Historical SocietyEmpty box of Capstan medium strength cigarettes which is navy blue with white writing. A small pedestal on a light blue oval in right hand corner. 10 Capstan medium cork. Trade mark W.D &H.O Wills , Sydney ,AustraliaCapstan mediumpersonal effects, smoking accessories

Box Hill Historical SocietySmokingUnopened cigarette box. Red box of 'TURF' Virginia cigarettes. A dark blue circle in centre of box with a drawing of a white winged horse. Box has cellophane intact around box..Turf Virginia Cigarettes, Cork tipped, push this end. Carreras Ltd. Arcadia works 5/3personal effects, smoking accessories

Square silver painted tin with red crown on lid. Inside of lid has maker's detailsElizabeth II Royal Tour 1954personal effects, smoking accessories

Oblong tin with lid painted yellow with gold writing ' State Express Cigarettes 555' and Coat of Arms.State Express Cigarettes 210 Piccadilly London W1|Purveyors of Pure Tobacco|Made in Englandpersonal effects, smoking accessories