[BlackDog]

When I was recently in North Carolina visiting my uncle, I mentioned that I am a pipe smoker. My grandfather was also a pipe smoker. My uncle went to another room for a minute, and came back with this ash tray, which he gave to me. I remember it as a kid, being on my grandfather's desk. He had a rack of 6 pipes, a tobacco jar, and this ash tray. He only had "working man's" pipes, probably Grabows and the like, and I can recall that he smoked Captain Black. I think that the tobacco jar was "milk glass," which I think was pretty common for that era. This ash tray is Blue Delft, and was made in Holland. Not sure how he came to acquire this, as I'm thinking it was kind of fancy for them, but it's pretty neat. I'm very glad to own it now.