Antique Porcelain SMOKING Ashtray and Match Holder by Schafer & Vater. DENTIST
Antique Porcelain SMOKING Ashtray and Match Holder by Schafer & Vater. DENTIST
Antique Porcelain SMOKING Ashtray and Match Holder by Schafer & Vater. DENTIST
Antique Porcelain SMOKING Ashtray and Match Holder by Schafer & Vater. DENTIST
Antique Porcelain SMOKING Ashtray and Match Holder by Schafer & Vater. DENTIST
Antique Porcelain SMOKING Ashtray and Match Holder by Schafer & Vater. DENTIST
Antique Porcelain SMOKING Ashtray and Match Holder by Schafer & Vater. DENTIST
Antique Porcelain SMOKING Ashtray and Match Holder by Schafer & Vater. DENTIST
Antique Porcelain SMOKING Ashtray and Match Holder by Schafer & Vater. DENTIST
Antique Porcelain SMOKING Ashtray and Match Holder by Schafer & Vater. DENTIST
Antique Porcelain SMOKING Ashtray and Match Holder by Schafer & Vater. DENTIST
Antique Porcelain SMOKING Ashtray and Match Holder by Schafer & Vater. DENTIST
Antique Porcelain SMOKING Ashtray and Match Holder by Schafer & Vater. DENTIST
Antique Porcelain SMOKING Ashtray and Match Holder by Schafer & Vater. DENTIST
Antique Porcelain SMOKING Ashtray and Match Holder by Schafer & Vater. DENTIST
Antique Porcelain SMOKING Ashtray and Match Holder by Schafer & Vater. DENTIST
Antique Porcelain SMOKING Ashtray and Match Holder by Schafer & Vater. DENTIST
Antique Porcelain SMOKING Ashtray and Match Holder by Schafer & Vater. DENTIST
Antique Porcelain SMOKING Ashtray and Match Holder by Schafer & Vater. DENTIST
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This is another of my very rare Schafer & Vater antique smoking collectables.

It is one of a series of quirky smoking heads, strange ashtrays, and novelty match holders - that I have for sale in my online shop.

They are all very rare and hard to source and are special items for the specialist collector of early 20th century Schafer and Vater porcelain models.

This little figure is a very rare and a most collectable one - reflected in my price here. 

This model is probably one of my very favourite ones.

It takes the form of a wee tableau showing a patient sitting in a brown dentist's chair. He is getting a couple of teeth pulled. The dentist has extracted one large molar and it lies on the floor beside the chair - and now is struggling to get the next one out. He has a huge pair of pliers - and his foot up on his patients chest to give him even more pulling power... lol! glad that is not happening to me! Dentistry has certainly moved on a lot since the early 20th century. 

The model serves as a novelty ashtray - for a single cigarette or cigar, It also functions as a match holder with pierced holes around the head of the patient where you would pop unstruck matches.

Height: 3 1/2 inches.  The width at the widest point is 4 inches. The depth is 1 1/2 inches. 

It is in good vintage condition.

These antique pieces of German smoking paraphernalia are now hard to find.

Displays very well. POSTAGE WOULD BE WITH UK Royal Mail Tracked - this would cost £4.95. Postal discounts would apply - any overpayment in postage would be refunded. to you. 

HISTORY: The company was founded by a Gustave Schaefer and Guenther Vater in Germany in 1890. By 1896 the business was so successful that they were able to expand to the List Porcelain Factory at Neuhaus.

The company aimed at producing high-quality items in hard-paste porcelain - and it made luxury items, including figurines and dolls' heads. They also produced a range of soft-paste porcelain items such as small liquor bottles which were distributed in pubs etc.

Schafer & Vater were better known for their comical and figural items. They manufactured these in teapots, jugs, creamers, bottles, match strikers, and planters, with a backstamp impressed with a crown above an 'R' in a star. 'Made in Germany' was sometimes stamped in black. Occasionally, Schafer & Vater pieces appear without any stamps or reference to their origin, but they are easy to recognize due to their characteristics and unique craftsmanship and unusual design.

Their wonderful novelty figures were always very popular in the States - and by 1910 the American firm of Sears Roebuck & Co began to import and distribute Schafer & Vater pottery items.

In 1913 Paul Schafer had taken over from his father and, working alongside Gunther Vater, built up a successful workforce of around 200 people. In 1918 the factory was destroyed by fire and they set up a new factory to resume production.

Sadly, the firm closed in 1962, and in1972 the East German government assumed full control of the vacant factory and their records and moulds were destroyed - so no further figures could be produced.

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