old eagle or just an ash tray?

[aa battery]

found this where a late 1800s home and store wuz torn down. Its brass no markings on the back. Straight edge fur size.

 

[ivan salis]

plethora * means most likely the person using it most likely went to college to learn them "fancy" high dollar words --- its high faluntin langauge fer "a lot of" as in ---- gee there has been a been a " plethora " (lot of) these things found lately .

 

[Tigger]

Now that's just cool. But since inquiring minds want to know if it's an ugly eagle (shield suggests) or a phoenix rising (cool for an ashtray!), maybe post this in the collector part of this site, maybe there is an ashtray expert out there that can tell us which one and how old? I will cross my fingers that I find one at a garage sale this weekend! Would make a great paper clip holder!
Tigger

 

[ivan salis]

well the sheild design is of a type used during the civil war upon union made items * if the item is from that time frame -- it might be a union made civil war ash tray --however others have found similar items that make it look as if the item is of more recent manufacture and so even if found on a older site --might be "newer" type item lost at a old site .

and there it sits.

 

[jose50]

IMO that's a Phoenix. Note the details: forked tail, straight beak(not curved like a bird of prey)feathered crest in back of head. And the fact that it's an ASH-tray (clever play on imagery). My advice? Take up cigar smoking... 8)

 

[stefen]

plethora * means most likely the person using it most likely went to college to learn them "fancy" high dollar words --- its high faluntin langauge fer "a lot of" as in ---- gee there has been a been a " plethora " (lot of) these things found lately .

 

[aa battery]

well the sheild design is of a type used during the civil war upon union made items * if the item is from that time frame -- it might be a union made civil war ash tray --however others have found similar items that make it look as if the item is of more recent manufacture and so even if found on a older site --might be "newer" type item lost at a old site .

and there it sits.

i think more is to the age of this item no 1 is knows everything.

 

[ivan salis]

like I said it has design elements that "Could be" civil war union era --or--it might just be a more modern item lost at a later date at the "old" site where the store was .---

 

[IronSpike]

Haven't yet been able to find anything on this neat ash tray. My hunch is that it isn't CW related, not to say it couldn't be from that time period.

WOW..........I just dug one up in my front yard

wow thats really strange.

IMO it made the mojjax's find even better

 

[aa battery]

like I said it has design elements that "Could be" civil war union era --or--it might just be a more modern item lost at a later date at the "old" site where the store was .---