Is this an ashtray???

[Goes4ever]

dug this today at an abandoned farm, only thing I can think is possibly an ashtray there is no marking on it anywhere I see, I filled it with all the wheats i dug there for size reference, it is not very large. from the top of his hat the the point at the bottom it is 3 1/2 inches

 

[TomPA]

That's as good as guess as I have as well. Looks like a smoker would lay the pipe down on it after puffn'.

 

[cactusrat]

I'll go with a pipe tray also. Nice find.

 

[austin]

Looks like an item from Pier One and the dude smoking on it sort of gives it away...

 

[Goes4ever]

This farm has been abandoned for a long time, and from the depth of it, I can almost be sure it is old and not from pier one....lol

 

[austin]

Just kidding about the Pier One. It is brass, turkish probably and was sold as an artsy piece or just an ashtray. I still have a couple of things like that that my grandpa bought.

 

[Catobra]

Very, very cool find-art nouveau time period maybe? I found many from that time frame that kind of have the same look as yours, but they are more elaborate.

When I say "found", I mean on the internet, not in real life! Duh!

 

[PYRATE]

my guess: it fell out of some hippies van back in 1971