Cities Service Natural Resource Company Gas Oil Smoke Gray Gold Glass Tray Dish

Description

Up for auction/sale is a vintage smoke gray glass advertising tray, which states: "Cities Service, A Natural Resource Company". I tried to date this, but was unable to locate any other examples of this tray. However, I did find a Cities Service/Citgo ad from 1968 which used the "A Natural Resource Company" phrase, so I suspect circa 1970.
If you collect rarely found Cities Service historic memorabilia, collect gas and oil company items in general, or enjoy these old gray glass advertisement pieces, then this is a very rare opportunity to add this very hard to find glass tray into your collection.
For being 50 years old, the tray is in excellent "Nearly New" condition with only some very minor scuffing on the reverse and one light 1/2" scratch (I couldn’t get my camera to focus) on the front, and the gold text is bright, bold, and complete. The tray measures roughly 8 1/4" wide, 6 1/4" tall, and 1/4" thick, and weighs just shy of 1lb.
I have described this glass tray as best I can, but to augment my description I have provided several high-resolution images of the tray from varying angles to allow for a detailed review of quality, condition, and desirability.
This will be packaged with care to best ensure this rarely found glass tray arrives as pictured and described.
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