Higgins Glass Stop Watch Cigar Ashtray Retro Vintage

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Higgins glass cigar ashtray with colorful stop watches framed in real gold paint.

Higgin’s vintage art glass objects were designed and produced in the late 1950s to early 1960s. Their retro modern designs are hot collector items today.

Higgins made most of their art glass with the “bent glass” technique. This large ashtray is made of a thick solid sheet of smoke grey glass that was pressed over a mold and “bent” into shape. The colored enamel decor was hand applied on the surface and then covered with additional circles of glass, raising the watch faces up from the surface a bit. The gold painted decor is also hand applied on the surface of the glass.

Four rests will accommodate cigars or smaller smokes. Beautiful and fun conversation piece. Measures 10″ long, 7″ wide. Weighs 1.75 lbs.