Emerald Square Glass Cigar Ashtray

A square ashtray of deep emerald pressed glass, poured into a mold and formed with remarkable thickness and weight. Tiny bubbles, ripples, and irregularities remain suspended within the glass, evidence of the heat and force of its making.
The broad square rim frames a circular well at the center, creating a strong geometric object that catches and bends the light. Designed for cigars, it also works beautifully as a small vessel for matches, keys, or other objects, or simply left empty on a table.

Made in Hidalgo by a family-operated glassworks. Each piece carries subtle variations from the molding process.

Dimensions
4.5" x 4.5"

Care
Hand wash only. Dry thoroughly.

About Glass from Hidalgo
Hidalgo has a long, largely uncelebrated history of small-scale glassmaking. Family-operated factories continue to work with recycled glass, melting discarded bottles and fragments and returning them to use as blown and pressed vessels of remarkable weight, color, and clarity.

Glassmaking has traditionally been a male trade in Mexico, but some of the factories that remain in Hidalgo are now sustained largely by women. As men left the furnaces for the dangerous economy surrounding huachicol, the illicit fuel trade that has profoundly affected the region, women learned the work and became essential to keeping the factories alive.

The glass reflects that persistence. Dense, luminous, and often imperfect, it is shaped by an industry adapting to the realities around it while preserving the knowledge of heat, timing, and practiced hands.

About Handmade Pieces
Crafted by hand using techniques passed down through generations of master artisans. Variations in color, texture, and finish are inherent to the process; each piece is, by nature, one of a kind.