Antique Devil Ashtray | Early Thermos Advertising | Leonetto Cappiello DesignVery rare and unusual advertising item for Thermos Yup! THAT Thermos. This small, white porcelain ashtray features a transferware design on both sides taken from Leonetto Cappiellos poster advert from 1905. The devil represents hot liquid while the fur clad figure represents cold. The ashtray is in excellent condition without chips or cracks. Refer to photos for size.

& they made other molded relief stoneware in a similar style with similar glazes

making her leap out at you

large format Victorian photo of a woman costumed in a resplendent white gown

But you can still have something antique & beautiful that’s within reach: I married this card & frame

but I would happily leave her as is

has clearly been read but no marked pages

Vitorian print of a girl reading presented as found in a miniature gilded frame

It would make an excellent base for a candle or plant

Condition is fair with wear to the composition & soiling to the garments

Small hardcover volume bound in plain black cloth with a red title on the spine

The sleeve is splitting and the record shows some where

Charming Victorian handwritten letter from 1859 with pressed bleeding hearts