Description
Scarce ceramic ashtray marked ‘Villeroy & Bosh, Mattelach, Made in France – Saar Economic Union’.
Saarland was named after the Saar River, an area Germany. After WWII, the state was forcibly made a protectorate by the victorious allies. It was held in the French protectorate from 1947 to 1956. This ashtray was made between 1947 and 1956.
It has a pattern name on the lower part of the maker’s mark, but can’t make out the words. Looks like “Fandgaralt”. The Flow Blue decor, called ‘Strasbourg Bleu’ is of a Chinese Junk ship. Three wide, flat rests can accommodate cigars and smaller smokes. Measures 5½” round, 1½” tall.
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