Rare Disneyland Vintage Ashtray Main Street Horse Car Eleanore Welborn 1955

Description

Here is another rare and hard to find early Disneyland park souvenir from the 1955 opening year.
This is a seldom seen vintage Main Street souvenir
ashtray.
Early Disneyland park ceramics were created by Eleanore Welborn Art Productions in Monterey, California.
Eleanore was hired by Walt Disney himself as the first official ceramic supplier to the park prior to its opening, many of Welborn's original souvenir designs were based on Imagineering concept art as the actual attractions had not yet been built.
This ashtray was sold at the park during its first year of operation, 1955.
This ashtray features an image of the Main Street Horse Cars, an attraction still in operation today.  There were two glaze finishes for this ashtray; the common blue and this less common brown glaze.
The underside of this piece has the following identification: Copyright Walt Disney Productions, ASI, Manufactured by
Eleanore Welborn Art Productions Monterey, California.
This ashtray is approximately 4" x4".  Some crazing on the glaze and some wear on the bottom typical of an item this old.
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