Creek find

[B.Rubble]

Out creek walking today looking for artifacts and came across this half buried in gravel bar, I can’t believe it wasn’t broken.

[willjo]

Looks like an ash tray someone must have kicked the habit, really nice find with nice flower design

[SurfaceHunter]

Yep a old ashtray good score. At one time people used to smoke in restaurants and grocery stores actually everywhere. I even remember spittunes in public places like churches lol

[oldrocks2]

Nope, had em in Iowa, bout 46. Old Lutheran church, sermon in German.

[SurfaceHunter]

I went to a wedding once I n a country setting and the Baptist church had them every other isle in Florida

[Mailman]

I still chew in church, lol. I was born 100 years too late...

[Cecilia]

Barney, read about old company that made this ashtray. It’s a little bit of Americana!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syracuse_China

[B.Rubble]

Yes I have been doing some research on it earlier this morning and according to the date code it was manufactured in January of 1942 and I believe it was for railroad and hotel use

[Cecilia]

1942! Maybe your ashtray sat in lobby some fancy hotel, and guest arrived in her ‘42 convertible, and used it to put out her Chesterfield!

[Lindenmeier-Man]

I like that stuff , retro in real time !

[Uncle Trav]

Cool find! Syracuse made restaurant ware way back when. You could almost sink a battleship with one of their coffee cups shot out of a cannon. A few mom & pop joints in my area still have their original Syracuse Ware and use it everyday. I have a couple coffee cups I picked up at a thrift store and use them all the time. Keeps my coffee good and hot. Made back when quality meant something.

[B.Rubble]

Right when quality meant something! I don’t think there will be many collectibles from today’s throw away society for future generations. My uncle has a GE refrigerator in his garage from 1952 and it still works great!

[Uncle Trav]

I hear ya. We had a 1954 Kelvinator in the basement. Finally gave up the ghost a couple of years ago. Getting that old thing out of the basement was like dragging King Tut’s sarcophagus out of his tomb😁

[Benji]

Cool ashtray.....cant believe its in great shape considering location of the find

[B.Rubble]

Yea it’s amazing 2/3rds of it was buried in a densely packed gravel bar I pulled it not expecting it to be in one piece