Roycraft Studios * CRAGSMOOR * New York * Lake Minnewaska * Glazed Ashtray

Description

Wonderful Roycraft Studios, Cragsmoor, New York, Ceramic Ashtray with Greenish Brown glaze. It has both a paper label stuck on and stamped in "Roycraft, Cragsmoor N.Y." near bottom. It has a beautiful design. There are a number of dings to it, showing tbe white plaster? underneath the glaze. I've tried to show them all, but please examine my many photos carefully. It measures ~ 6" x 7" and is ~ 3" at its tallest point. I live about 15 to 20 miles from cragsmoor. This is a local piece and can be picked up here in Montgomery if desired.
This information is from an ebayer who sent me this message regstding the ashtray: My parents Ken and Lucille Phillips owned the Cragsmoor Inn in the late 1950's and early 1960's. I believe it was at that time they got to know Vincent Roy of Roycraft Studios. They also owned Lake Minnewaska and this ashtray was made to sell in the gift shops at Lake Minnewaska. It is a depiction of the lake, the dry bridge, the tumbles of rocks below the cliffs where Cliff House once stood, and the promontory in front it or table rock.
From Wikipedia:
Cragsmoor, New York
Cragsmoor is a hamlet (and census-designated place) in Ulster County, New York, United States. The population was 449 at the 2010 census.
Cragsmoor, New York
Location in Ulster County and the state of New York.
Coordinates: 41°40′6″N 74°23′17″W
Cragsmoor is located atop the Shawangunk Ridge, in the south part of the Town of Wawarsing. Sam's Point Preserve is near Cragsmoor.
History
Cragsmoor, originally named Evansville, was founded as an art colony in 1879, after being discovered by artists earlier in the decade. It was renamed to Cragsmoor in 1893.
Chetolah and the Cragsmoor Historic District are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Notable people
Edward Lamson Henry N.A., the painter of historical themes, lived in Cragsmoor and helped found an artist's colony.
Charles Courtney Curran, the painter known for 19th century 'en plein air' figurative work, and later for portraits, visited in 1903 and later built a summer home at Cragsmoor.
Dave Cockrum, X-Men illustrator lived here for much of the 1980s and 90s