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Ashtray or Pin Tray
Ashtray or Pin Tray

Ashtray or Pin Tray

Date1915-1930
MediumCast blue and white porcelain
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (diameter): 3 1/4in. (8.3cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineGift of Margaret Rankin
DescriptionRound, shallow ashtray or pin tray of blue and white porcelain bearing the seal of Yale University. The tray consists of a solid blue porcelain base with raised white porcelain motifs. The seal consists of a white open book superimposed over a shield. Unknown Hebrew words are impressed on the book, while the latin words "LUX ET VERITAS" surround the shield in raised blue letters. The shield and words are surrounded by a white border with the words, "SIGILL : COLL : YALEN : NOV : PORT : NOV : ANGL". This is surrounded by the blue porcelain that forms the rest of the tray. The porcelain curves upward to form a shallow rim. There are light scratches on the bottom of the tray.
Object number1986.160.31
NotesHistorical Note: George Douglas Rankin, the donor's father, was the President of the Hartford Faience Company in Hartford, Connecticut.
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Plate
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