A glass ashtray

This circa 1950 Googie or Populuxe ashtray was designed by industrial designer Maurice Ascalon, and manufactured by the Pal-Bell Company.

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The most common ashtray design is a shallow cylinder with a flat base, to rest on a table. Many ashtrays have notches at the rim, to hold cigarettes and/or a cigar. In Spain, some ashtrays consist of two interlocking parts, the bottom of which is filled with water. Ashtrays are also built into cars, and provided in toilets and other public places. Karl Benzs Velo model (1894) - entered into the first automobile race An automobile or motor car (usually shortened to just car) is a wheeled passenger vehicle that carries its own motor. ... Flush toilet. ...

Ashtrays have been a popular advertising vehicle. Collectors look for ashtrays with clever and unusual ads, colors, shapes and sizes. Some ashtrays of the late 1940s to early 1970s were freeform vehicles for Googie styling. During the 1950s and 1960s, small personal ashtrays were part of a table setting, commonly placed on the top right-hand side, behind the wine and water glasses. The Space Needle, built for Seattles Worlds Fair, 1962 Googie, also known as populuxe, is a form of architecture, originating from southern California in the late 1940s and continuing approximately into the mid-1960s. ...

See also

• Smoking culture

When smoking was still permitted in public buildings, ashtrays were fixed to corridor walls at regular intervals. These from the ORF Funkhaus (opened in 1938) in Vienna, Austria have removable parts for easy cleaning.

A Safe Smoker cigarette butt disposal receptacle.

A Smoker's Oasis cigarette butt receptacle.