Beauceware N.1551, ashtray brown glazes, Beauce Québec
This is a nicely styled and large ashtray from the Beauce pottery people.
Vintage Canadian Ceramic - Beauceware And More. An industry that has now largely disappeared from Canada, but that flourished in the 40 to 60's. Beauceware (Beauce), Laurentian, Blue Mountain,and Evangeline to name a few, have gone out of business after leaving a rich heritage of ceramics that were used in everyday life in Canada.