Antique Copper Ashtray / Printing Plate of Rev. Edmund Squire, Boston basket and they are otherwise in

and they are otherwise in very good condition

sophisticated

The top features what seems like an etched design corresponding to the initials: definitely a Jaguar for the J and a Lion for the L

with the bottom drawer divided into several compartments

Antique Copper Ashtray / Printing Plate of Rev. Edmund Squire, Boston basket and they are otherwise inThis is one of the most curious ashtrays I have encountered, with a very interesting history! Made of copper, at its center is the inscribed name backwards of "Rev. Edmund Squire." A bit of research informs me that Squire was the founder of the Pilgrim Church in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood, who, on Nov. 2, 1862the second year of the Civil Warconvened 16 people at his Dorchester home to unite themselves into what they called an unsectarian Church