Trench-y Heavy Handmade Brass and Aluminum Ashtray coiled grass but I'd probably just hang

but I'd probably just hang it straight on the wall as is

) Just over 2" tall x 1 1/4" wide x 1/2" deep

I am fairly certain it is the work of Keisuke Serizawa (1895 –1984)

Definitely perfect for a key chain

with the banded areas revealing unglazed clay decorated with geometric patterns in black and blue and red circles

Trench-y Heavy Handmade Brass and Aluminum Ashtray coiled grass but I'd probably just hangIf not made during wartime, this emphatically handmade ashtray at least has a very strong make do trench art sensibility, and the brass looks very much to me like melted down shell casings. I really love its fat walled, amoeba like shape, and then these shiny silver shapes (aluminum I believe, and revealed to be one plate when turned over) that read a bit like landmasses with a river running through. Really an excellent object I think, perfect on the