Midcentury Racing Car Ashtray by Kaag Trophies micro set modest ornamentation

modest ornamentation

MM - 6306 - 111623

It is of all-oak construction and features Danish mid-century inspired rabbeted dovetail joinery

All sides except the front appear to have been painted at one point in time

amplifying the lamp's dramatic

Midcentury Racing Car Ashtray by Kaag Trophies micro set modest ornamentationc. 1950s; Kaag Trophies Los Angeles Torrance, CA Flashed copper ashtray featuring a sculptural finial in the form of an open wheel race car and driver, mounted above a circular dish with three cigarette rests. The car is rendered in streamlined midcentury fashion, complete with helmeted driver, rounded fenders, and simplified wheel forms, evoking postwar American hot rod and "midget" racer aesthetics. The finial rises from a stepped pedestal at the