Ashtray
Object number2024.21.1
Date1897-1935
OriginGermany
MediumCeramic; Glaze
Credit LineGift of John Woodland
DescriptionWhite ceramic ashtray. Bowl is shaped like a flower with undulating petal border and kidney-shaped central recess bordered by raised dots with central oval color image of the Shady Lawn Hotel. Above recess is a pig's head with a dimensional smoking pipe protruding from its mouth. Gold applied details on pipe and around rim of ashtray. Underside has foot with red circular maker's mark at center.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 1.875 x 5.938 x 5 in. (4.8 x 15.1 x 12.7 cm)InscriptionsFront of bowl has black text beneath picture "SHADY LAWN HOTEL, CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS, PA."
MarksUnderside has foot with red text at center inscribed within a circle "Made in Germany".
Historical NotesAshtray from Shady Lawn Hotel. The Shady Lawn Hotel was a resort in Cambridge Springs, Pennsylvania. The original structure was built as a private residence in the late 19th century and sold to Mrs. C. A. Bailey in 1897. After extensive additions, Bailey reopened as the Shady Lawn Hotel. G. M. Manheimer purchased the hotel in 1917. He changed the name to Manheimer’s Shady Lawn Hotel and began catering to Jewish clientele with the addition of a “strictly kosher Hungarian kitchen.” The Shady Lawn Hotel appears to have closed in the early 1930s.
Related institution
Shady Lawn Hotel
Related person
Mrs. C. A. Bailey
Related person
G. M. Manheimer
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Hamilton Manufacturing Company
Industrial Ceramics Department of the Westinghouse Electric Corporation
1984
after 1894
1920-1990