The Midget
M.G. Motors
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
1929 - 1939
Materials
Bakelite, Chromium plate, Cigarette ash, Steel
Place of origin
Abingdon
Collection
Nuffield Place, Oxfordshire
NT 1651929
Summary
Ashtray. Brown bakelite, fluted hexagonal, MG motif. Screw on circular lid, chrome steel plate, cigarette depressions. Ash.
Provenance
Collection William R. Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield, by bequest to Nuffield College, University of Oxford, 1963, by transfer to National Trust, Nuffield Place, 2011.
Marks and inscriptions
impressed ; on front ; The Midget\MG [in an octagon] ; ; Morris vehicle
Makers and roles
M.G. Motors