Monday 3rd August - Antiques, Jewellery, Militaria, Coins, Vinyl, Toys, Ceramics, Collectables

Monday 3rd August - Antiques, Jewellery, Militaria, Coins, Vinyl, Toys, Ceramics, Collectables

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Lot 337: A Collection of Vintage Advertising Ashtrays and Ceramic Dishes Including Carlton Ware Mackeson Examples

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Start price: £20

Estimated price: £30 - £40

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A collection of vintage advertising ashtrays and dishes, primarily representing mid-20th-century British breweriana and tobacciana. The group features several triangular ceramic dishes advertising Mackeson, decorated with a red ground and a central lighthouse logo. One dish is clearly marked to the reverse with the Carlton Ware script mark, Made in England.

The collection also contains two Heineken ashtrays: a circular ceramic version with a green rim depicting the Arc de Triomphe and a green melamine example featuring windmills. A white ceramic Whitbread Trophy Bitter ashtray includes a central beer glass graphic and the slogan The pint that thinks it’s a quart!. A square black ceramic ashtray displays branding for Black & White Scotch Whisky.

Further items include three clear glass Senior Service cigarette ashtrays of varying sizes with blue typography, one featuring an embossed sailing ship on the underside of the base. Also present is a small rectangular St. Raphael Quinquina ceramic ashtray for the Hotel Rest. du Stade, a small glass Sands ashtray with a yellow centre, and a small white ceramic dish for Paul Young’s Restaurant, Washington, D.C.