A surprising figurine from Holt Howard from a line depicting different professions. This ashtray features a doctor wearing de rigueur for his profession; a lab coat, doctor’s bag, stethoscope and elitist attitude.

And the smoke comes out of his nose.

How ironic that it’s an ashtray and with his doctor’s bag serving as a matchholder. I’m guessing this might have been in a doctor’s waiting room…AMA warnings didn’t come out on cigarette boxes until 1966 and this was made in 1959. Thank you for dating almost everything, Holt Howard.

A most fabulous gift for a doctor—a gift that carries history, whimsy and irony. National Doctors Day is March 30 BTW.

Fabulous condition, very clean. No chips cracks repairs or paint loss. Stamped Holt Howard 1959 .

11” tall