Cast iron ashtray in rectangular form, sloping sides, sunken top with raised sides having a textured surface with two corner indentations for cigarettes. Opposite end of indentation is a grouping of four geese, fully formed, attached to top surface with screws. Entire surface is bronzed with a pattern of oblique stripes on sides.
Marked "144" on bottom. The Hubley catalog "Metal Art Goods" lists this ashtray as #144 and named "Goosie Goosie Gander." The description notes it has "an unusual bronze finish".
Provenance
Owned by J. Roland Gilbert (1888-1940) and inherited by his daughter the donor (1916-1992). Donor writes: "acquired in the late '20s or early '30s and 'possibly' a gift from Mr. Joseph Breneman, a Hubley Exec." J. Roland Gilbert was president of Lancaster Press Inc. and general manager of the New Era Publishing Co.
Members of the Musketnuss family gathered at 321 North Pine Street, Lancaster for a family portrait. From left front, Martha M., Anna K., and Dorothy Jane Alderfer; from left rear, Henrietta A. Alderfer, Harry E. Musketnuss, Marth
Center Square, Lancaster City, in the 1850s. Oliver Dickey, Ed. Hubley, John Eshleman, Charles N. Sproul. Photo from a remarkable outdoor Daguerrotype. E. S. Hubley's Hotel in background on southeast corner of the square.
