Churchill ashtray for sale
An ashtray that belonged to Prime Minister Winston Churchill is due to be sold at auction in Norfolk, with experts estimating the silver dish could fetch £1,500.
The silver dish used by Churchill is expected to fetch a premium price when it goes under the hammer in Norfolk, owing to its famous connections.
Churchill, a keen smoker who was frequently pictured with a cigar clamped between his teeth, used the ashtray at The Other Club – a political dining club he co-founded in 1911.
The 200-year-old ashtray was originally intended to be a butter dish.
William King, auctioneer at Keys of Aylsham – which will sell the item on November 18, told the Eastern Daily Press: “It is a relatively unassuming butter dish.
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The silver dish used by Churchill is expected to fetch a premium price when it goes under the hammer in Norfolk, owing to its famous connections.
Churchill, a keen smoker who was frequently pictured with a cigar clamped between his teeth, used the ashtray at The Other Club – a political dining club he co-founded in 1911.
The 200-year-old ashtray was originally intended to be a butter dish.
William King, auctioneer at Keys of Aylsham – which will sell the item on November 18, told the Eastern Daily Press: “It is a relatively unassuming butter dish.