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

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

Not every object on a cigar table needs to announce itself. The grey Monogram 1872 ashtray is the version of this piece that earns its place by being there rather than by being noticed. The founding logo — S.T. Dupont's new Maison mark, the posture of which is described as upright, determined, and proud — occupies the grey porcelain ground without insisting on the attention of anyone who isn't already looking. The grey and silver finish is the most considered choice in the trio precisely because it requires the most consideration to appreciate.

Monogram 1872 / Grey Porcelain

The ashtray is made in porcelain — the material that gives the object its weight, its permanence, its thermal properties — decorated with the Monogram 1872 pattern in grey. The hand-painted notches and borders at the rim give the piece its artisanal distinction, the detail that separates fine decorated porcelain from production ceramics. In grey, the Monogram 1872 motif reads by tonal contrast rather than color contrast: the logo visible against the ground because the two tones are differentiated, not because one is dark and the other bright. This is the finish that most clearly shows the quality of the painting — there are no dramatic contrasts to carry the decoration, only the precision of the hand-painted detail itself.

Grey and Silver / The Restrained Register

The grey and silver Monogram 1872 ashtray occupies the same position in the large ashtray trio that the palladium lighter and grey cutter stand occupy in their respective trios: the cool, neutral option that asks nothing of the room and demands nothing of the collection around it. The piece works with any surface because it does not compete with the objects beside it. The founding logo is present; the hand-painted borders define the ashtray's edges with precision; the grey porcelain gives the whole a consistency that burgundy and black do not — a tone that is the same at the rim, the bowl, and the base. This is the version for a collector who has already decided on the overall palette of the cigar table and needs an ashtray that serves it rather than challenges it. Personalization available up to three characters.

Now available at The Tobacconist of Greenwich.