Large heavy vintage glass advertising ashtray with painted base displaying the World Famous in New Zealand Lemon and Paeroa Soda Bottle & the "World Famous in NZ" L&P logo

SUPERB CONDITION with NO cracks NO chips retaining all original paintwork........That's RATHER UNUSUAL in the EXTREME

PAEROA = "New Zealand's TOWN of ANTIQUE SHOPS" about 1 dozen antique and collectables stores, several MORE Second Hand stores ALSO......But NOT ONE shop IN PAEROA has had a single example of this ashtray ("mint" or damaged) for sale in over 2 years and 4 months (I live ' just-next-door' and REGULARLY do the drive through looking for things to buy)

As any experienced collector will likely know = glass chips, & cracks and paintwork can be degraded by the heat of use, or by table-wear

Lemon & Paeroa, also known as L&P, is a sweet soft drink manufactured in New Zealand. Created in 1907, it was traditionally made by combining lemon juice with carbonated mineral water from the town of Paeroa, but is now owned and manufactured by multi-national Coca-Cola.

Lemon & Paeroa is a popular drink in New Zealand. It is available in Coles supermarkets in Australia, formerly sold in Gourmet Burger Kitchen restaurants in the United Kingdom, and in some specialty stores. L&P is used as a mixer in New Zealand bars, particularly with Southern Comfort.

The comically pretentious advertising slogan "World famous in New Zealand" has become a popular New Zealand saying. It is used to describe items that are famous within New Zealand but unknown in the rest of the world, and implies that similar items and people in larger countries would have a far higher media profile and would be famous worldwide.

In 2005 "Sweet As L&P" with artificial sweetener aspartame was introduced with the modified slogan "World Famous in New Zealand since quite recently", and the traditional product began being advertised as "World Famous in New Zealand since Ages ago".