Archives for February 7, 2012

My brother just found this curio in the house where we grew up. He writes:

Do you know anyone in your travels who might be able to identify this ashtray? The red- and blue-tipped sticks are matches. They’re on a solid roll that spins inside the disc. The words inscribed inside the ribbon underneat the unicorn are SEMPER EADEM.

Drop me a line if you can shed any light:

“Ambition often puts men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same posture with creeping.”
Jonathan Swift, “Thoughts on Various Subjects, Moral and Diverting”