Vintage 1940s Lucky Strikes Tin with Custom Copper Cover functional ceramics If you are curious

If you are curious

with lots of scrapes and some paint splotches here and there

I found this painted wood sculpture of a seal or sea lion balancing a ball at the estate sale of an artist

but I haven't found one with a removable copper ashtray fitted and set on top

against a painterly pale pink ground

Vintage 1940s Lucky Strikes Tin with Custom Copper Cover functional ceramics If you are curiousAnother wonderful box! This is an old Lucky Strikes cigarettes tin, circa 1940s, with a beautiful custom made copper cover featuring a leaf and stem design in relief. I found one other Lucky Strikes box to which a copper cover had been added not nearly as fine as this one, but which suggests it is a thing that people did. I love that the sides of the box are left exposed, reading Lucky Strikes on the long side, and "It's Toasted" on the short sides.