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Jump to full article: Quad-City (IA) Times, 2008-05-05
Author: Doug Smith
Intro: Dear Norman: What a fantastic piece! Could smoking be made any more glamorous? You're right. This is certainly fancy and unusual.
What your parents were putting their butts in is known as Frankart. This ashtray, as well as lamps, clocks, vases, bookends, candleholders, incense burners and various other items were part of an extensive line of decorative home accessories designed by artist Arthur Von Frankenberg.
Von Frankenberg first began peddling his simple sculpted figurines in the early 1920s in New York City.
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