Vintage Merck Sharp & Dohme Apothecary Advertising Ceramic Mortar Ashtray

Vintage Merck Sharp & Dohme Apothecary Advertising Ceramic Mortar Ashtray imperfections / noticeable cracks chips as shown above in photos 1960's Commemorative ceramic ashtray in mortar shape distributed by Merck Sharp & Dohme as porcelain pharmaceutical advertising item to pharmacists and doctors. Embedded inscription “The good things of life are not to be had singly but come to us with a mixture”, from Charles Lamb. Also decorated with antique apothecary jars, scales, mortar and pestles and medicinal bottles that would be found on the shelves of old apothecary shops.