S.T. Dupont Large Ashtray — Monogram 1872, Burgundy

S.T. Dupont Large Ashtray — Monogram 1872, Burgundy

The Monogram 1872 ashtray is not an afterthought to the collection — it is the surface on which the ritual concludes. The lighters and cutter stands in the Monogram 1872 line are objects of precision held in the hand. The ashtray is the object that receives what follows: the ash, the rest, the interval. It sits on the table and waits. It is the most stationary object in the collection, which is why the decoration it carries matters: you look at an ashtray for as long as the cigar burns.

Monogram 1872 / Porcelain

S.T. Dupont brings the Monogram 1872 motif to the ashtray in porcelain — a material choice that is appropriate to the object's scale and purpose. Porcelain carries decoration in a way that metal and lacquer do not: the fired surface holds color and detail with a permanence and density that rewards close inspection. The Monogram 1872 pattern — the new S.T. Dupont logo, upright, determined, and proud — appears on the burgundy ashtray alongside hand-painted notches and borders: the artisanal finishing detail that places the decoration in the tradition of fine porcelain rather than mass production. Craftsmanship in metal, as well as the art of lacquer and coated leather, showcase the expertise of S.T. Dupont in the Monogram 1872 collection — and here, porcelain is added to that register.

Burgundy / The Most Ceremonial Color

Of the three colors in the Monogram 1872 ashtray trio, burgundy is the one most naturally associated with the rituals the object serves. It is the color of occasion, of things brought out because the moment calls for them — the same register as the wine shared before the cigar, or the leather of the humidor that holds what's inside it. On the ashtray, burgundy gives the Monogram 1872 motif a ground that reads as deliberate: the founding logo in the founding color of ceremony, hand-painted over the porcelain surface. The piece connects the Monogram 1872 collection — which is ultimately about S.T. Dupont's founding identity — to the traditions of the table it sits on. Personalization available up to three characters.

Now available at The Tobacconist of Greenwich.