Trench-y Heavy Handmade Brass and Aluminum Ashtray unique box pins and all

pins and all

and the wrapping on the lip alternates between a very dark brown and a lighter

I am guessing it is stuffed with sawdust

all but one of the original nails on the body of the box are in place

Trench-y Heavy Handmade Brass and Aluminum Ashtray unique box pins and allIf not made during wartime, this emphatically handmade ashtray at least has a very strong make do trench art sensibility, and the brass looks very much to me like melted down shell casings. I really love its fat walled, amoeba like shape, and then these shiny silver shapes (aluminum I believe, and revealed to be one plate when turned over) that read a bit like landmasses with a river running through. Really an excellent object I think, perfect on the