Rookwood Schott Willys ashtray, 1949

Schott Willys ashtray depicting a "Woody" Ford station wagon with a dog running alongside and covered with the Wine Madder glaze. Marked on the reverse with the Rookwood logo, the 1949 date of manufacture and information concerning the dealership, while the front is marked with the dealership's telephone number. Walter Schott, the owner of the Willys agency, had been part owner of Rookwood a few years earlier. There is heavy, darkened crazing to the bowl.