Antique Copper Ashtray / Printing Plate of Rev. Edmund Squire, Boston Zuni I'd use it for serving

I'd use it for serving a sliced pear and a bit of cheese along with a glass of wine

has great finger joined corners on all sides

the top is just a bit bent on one corner and there is one tiny tear in the copper on the edge of the top where it folds over the body of the pitcher

or hung directly on the wall where it might be easily taken down and put into action

Antique Copper Ashtray / Printing Plate of Rev. Edmund Squire, Boston Zuni I'd use it for servingThis 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