Antique Copper Ashtray / Printing Plate of Rev. Edmund Squire, Boston handwoven kilim I found these fabulous hand-painted

I found these fabulous hand-painted vintage wooden chopsticks at an estate sale that featured a really interesting mix of Asian and farm house antiques

image size: 9 3/4”x17”

with some additional writing

extra big rear foot

Antique Copper Ashtray / Printing Plate of Rev. Edmund Squire, Boston handwoven kilim I found these fabulous hand-paintedThis is one of the most curious ashtrays I have encountered, with a very interesting history! Made of copper, at its center is the inscribed name backwards of "Rev. Edmund Squire." A bit of research informs me that Squire was the founder of the Pilgrim Church in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood, who, on Nov. 2, 1862the second year of the Civil Warconvened 16 people at his Dorchester home to unite themselves into what they called an unsectarian Church