Description

Sheet metal ashtray, with advertising for Açoreana, Companhia de Seguros. Rectangular in shape, with a bright blue background, the silhouette of the bird Açor appears in silver and the nine stars representing the corresponding islands of the Azores archipelago. At the bottom there is the name, in high box, of AÇOREANA / insurance company and the motto, in two lines We are Closer / For Insurance.

Category

Ceramic, Metal, Glass and Plastic Pieces

Subcategory

Gifts and Decorative Objects

Material

Metal and Stamping

Dimension (cm)

12 x 8,8

State Conservation

Good

Inventory/Cota

CCHAPAS00904

Historial

In the middle of the twentieth century it was very common to offer this type of advertising gift, by the various insurance companies, considering the high number of people who smoked.