Carved Wooden Foot Shaped Ashtray with Copper Insert old broom certain objects just have a

certain objects just have a special weight that you can immediately feel in your gut

the slatted compartments

Virginia was featured in the Washington Post in December of 1985 as the perfect thing to buy for oneself during tree-trimming season

circa 1930s-40s

or anywhere it might be seen both up close and from a distance

Carved Wooden Foot Shaped Ashtray with Copper Insert old broom certain objects just have aI've found some other carved wooden feet like this one that served as ashtrays, but I haven't found one with a removable copper ashtray fitted and set on top. I think it is possible that the insert was custom made at a later date for this particular foot, which I found at an estate sale in Acton, MA in a house filled to the brim with a lifetime's accumulation with all sorts of wonderful things! I'd guess the foot itself is Southeast Asian in origin