Stefano Ricci SR Porcelain Octagonal Ashtray — Shiny Black / Gold

Stefano Ricci SR Porcelain Octagonal Ashtray — Shiny Black / Gold

The combination of black and gold in decorative objects is not a trend or a moment — it is a relationship that has been understood and used across every tradition that has worked with both materials. Egyptian burial objects, Japanese lacquerware with gold maki-e decoration, European Baroque furniture with gilded mounts against ebonized wood, the black-and-gilt ceramics of early Meissen, the lacquer objects of eighteenth-century chinoiserie: in each of these traditions, black and gold arrived at the same formal logic independently, because the materials themselves suggest the pairing. Black absorbs light; gold reflects it. Black is cool and deep; gold is warm and precise. Each material defines what the other is.

Stefano Ricci places this combination on fine porcelain as an SR exclusive design. The Shiny Black glaze on the porcelain body produces the glossy, reflective surface that the combination requires — a black that holds the depth of the material beneath it rather than sitting as a flat coat on top. The gold metal cigar rest is set into the porcelain at the rim, the single rest of a personal ashtray sized for the desk or occasional table.

Shiny Black Porcelain

A gloss black glaze on fine porcelain is a technically demanding finish — the quality of the result is directly legible in the depth and evenness of the gloss, and the octagonal form at 18 × 18 cm is small enough that every aspect of the surface is in view simultaneously. The SR exclusive designation reflects that this is not a standard production finish but a specifically developed glaze and application process.

Gold Cigar Rest

Two gold metal cigar rests accommodate two cigars. At the scale and context of this ashtray — a desk piece, a personal piece — the dual rests suit the object: the right number for the session, holding position without requiring more space than the moment needs.

Now available at The Tobacconist of Greenwich.