Antique Copper Ashtray / Printing Plate of Rev. Edmund Squire, Boston painted lacquer box or keep it on the

or keep it on the table filled with water or red wine

though find them quite rarely

(And this one came loaded with a full sets of parts

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

and if I did not know better

Antique Copper Ashtray / Printing Plate of Rev. Edmund Squire, Boston painted lacquer box or keep it on theThis 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