Lot 59
Stone Table Top Ashtray – Cyprus Detention Camps, 1947/1948
Stone table top ashtray with matches and cigarette compartments, made by a detainee in the Cyprus detention camps, 5708 (1947/1948).
The ashtray is divided into three compartments: an open ashtray; a compartment for matches with a sliding lid carved with a relief map of Cyprus; and a cigarette compartment, the lid carved with a relief of a pole wrapped with barbed wire, inscribed "Cyprus 5708" (Hebrew).
The ashtray is attached to a wooden base and placed in a display case.
Approx. 12X12X2.5 cm. Good condition. Cracks (repaired with glue) to the lid of the cigarette compartment.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
