Vintage metal Ashtray set.  

Measure approximately 3 1/2" to 4" (diamond is the largest across) in diameter.  This is a set of four copper-plated metal ashtrays. Each one has a different card set shape; diamonds, clubs, hearts, and spades.  Each one has a horse in the middle in different stages of life.  The Clubs has: "Age of 20, raring to go" written on it and has little horses around the edges with one big one in the center.  Next is the heart ashtray "Age of 40, Willing but slow" with a picture of a horse still in his prime snorting his stuff out his nose and same little horses along the edge.  Third is the diamond shaped ashtray with " "Age of 50 Never knows when" and a picture of a horse that looks like he has tears coming down from his eyes; matching horses along the edge.  Last but not least is the spades ashtray with "Age of 70; never again"  with the horse looking forlorn and put out to pasture.  Little horses that match him along edges.  These ashtrays all have Japan on the back of them.  A vintage item but no date anywhere.  Perhaps they were given out with cigarettes at some time or at the racetrack. Never been used as ashtrays so they are in very good condition.  NR