Antique Copper Ashtray / Printing Plate of Rev. Edmund Squire, Boston handwoven kilim Austria in 1928

Austria in 1928

John Kellogg

which is in near perfect condition

I found these fabulous hand-painted vintage wooden chopsticks at an estate sale that featured a really interesting mix of Asian and farm house antiques

Antique Copper Ashtray / Printing Plate of Rev. Edmund Squire, Boston handwoven kilim Austria in 1928This 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