Cristalerias Rigolleau Argentina Beetle Ashtray Blue

This delightful ashtray was purchased through Seeck Auctions in 2014 from the Clint & Shelli Arsenault Collection of California.

This unusual blue ashtray, with eight beetles surrounding a central medallion, is from the Argentinean glass company Cristalerias Rigolleau of Buenos Aires.

Known as the Beetle Ashtray, it measures 5 ½” in diameter and stands 1 1/8” in height.

The iridescence is thick and shiny radium and is applied to the top and the sides.

The central medallion carries the trademark of the company and is surrounded by the words Cristallerias Rigolleau, Buenos Aires, Sociedad Anonima, Usinas en Berazategui F.C.S.

These Beetle ashtrays have been reported in blue, marigold and amber.

The Kate & Bill Lavelle Collection