Designer: Walter Bosse (1904 – 1979)

Item: Heart shaped ashtray

Manufactured by: Walter Bosse and Herta Baller (1921 - 1957)

Country of origin: Austria

Year made: Ca. 1950

Materials: Patinated and polished brass

Dimensions: 1 1/8” x 3” x 2 ½”

Condition: Excellent, but each has age appropriate oxidation to the polished brass, which can be seen in the photos. All are about the same. We did not try to polish out the oxidation.

References: Schreyer-Hartmann, Cherica, Walter Bosse: Leben, Kunst und Handwerk 1904-1979. Vienna: Brandstätter, 2000.

Description: Another famous design by Walter Bosse for the Bosse-Baller partnership. Amazingly we stumbled upon a small cache of five of these. These could be used to serve small candies or nuts. Each are signed “Austria Baller” on the bottom. Images from the original Bosse catalogs show this ashtray and model number and can be found on the Internet.