Little ball ashtray “Smokny”, F.W.Quist, 1970, Germany

Ball ashtray „Smokny“, model 3507 of F.W.Quist, tin, plated, red lacquered (original “Marlboro”-color).

Design and manufacturer: Hardwarefactory F.W.Quist, Esslingen, Germany, 1970.
Mark: on the bottom QUIST, white on black felt.
Measure: Diameter: 2,36 inch (6 cm), high: 2,8 inch (7,3 cm)

Condition: appearance in all well, minimal tracks of use.

EUR 150,00 inkl. MwSt.

Includes 19% Mwst.

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Description

The hardwarefactory F.W.Quist, Esslingen, Germany was founded 1868 as „Lackier- und Metallwaarenfabrik“ from the turner and metal-turner Jacob Schweizer, jun.. In the year 1872, the conversion of the business from a public company occurred, the “Actien-Plaqué Fabrik”. From 1890, the director and shareholders Friedrich Wilhelm Quist took over the business as alone-owner. In his succession four generations continued the business as family-businesses until 1981.

The business always stood for the manufacture more representatively props in the taste of the time. „Tischkultur, Gastlichkeit, Geschenkkultur dienten als Felder, einen gehobenen, verfeinerten Lebensstil zu dokumentieren und das unabhängig von der gesellschaftlichen Zugehörigkeit.“ (Served table-culture, hospitality, gift-culture as fields should document lifestyle, independently of the social affiliation) (Esslingen 2004, S.60)

So, the form of the 1970 as newness presented ball-ashtray was borrowed this famous „ball“ or „globe“ (presented for the first time, 1966 at the international furniture-fair in Cologne) and „bubble“ (1968) chairs by the finish designer Eero Aarnio. The completely new and unconventional shape, Aarnio developed on basis of the simplest geometrical form, the ball. It advanced to a cult-object of the following decade and didn’t lose anything modernity until today.

Lit.: Silbersachen, Die Esslinger Metallwarenindustrie von 1815-1981, Ausst. Stadtmuseum Esslingen, Esslingen 2004, p.86.

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Weight 0,5 kg

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