Ashtray - Alabaster - brown alabaster

Mid-century modern alabaster brown ashtray with a mottled organic pattern.
Exemplifies the era’s appreciation for natural stone and organic forms inspired by Brutalism.
Made in Italy, probably from the 1960s.
The distinctive brown mottled coloration and the natural alabaster texture come from regions such as Volterra, renowned for its stone carving tradition.
Remains a versatile decorative object, well-suited to both minimalist and maximalist aesthetics of mid-century modern.
The piece has been used but is presentable; there is a crack where a small piece of the stone is missing at one corner of the edge (as shown in a photograph), but in its overall condition it presents well.