The Picture Game 2

[ahra]

it's an... ashtray! \o/

donaud: well, not sure why it's sitting in mud as well. perhaps for display purposes. them crazy marketing minds...

[Adventure]

That's correct. It's an ashtray.

http://www.sz-wholesale.com/uploadFiles/upimg0%5CCeramic-Color-Glaze-Ashtray_165580.jpg

[ahra]

wow

[RBS]

the little ceramic to grow a bonsai tree in?

[ahra]

no, the object is much smaller and they're not ceramic anymore for at least one century

[RBS]

From your clue I would guess thimble but the pic looks nothing like a thimble. Hmm.

[ahra]

no, no. it's larger than a thimble. but it still fits in a pocket.
nowadays, people use versions of it everyday. it's really indispensable.

[Adventure]

Hmm, It doesn't look like it at all, but the description made me think of an insulator.

[Crimsonthread]

You say it fits in a pocket... does it belong in a pocket?

[RBS]

maybe an antique cigarette lighter? Something about the clue "indispensable" makes me think that.

[Fern]

Something about the clue "indispensable" makes me think that.

Due to same clue I can't get stationery and cutlery items out of my head.

[ahra]

no, it's not an insulator.

sometimes it belongs in a pocket, sometimes it belongs somewhere else. it depends from person to person. you may have one on your desk right now, or in your bag, or even in your pocket!

although i find lighters indispensable (i unfortunately smoke), it is not that. something much more common.

fern is on the right track there with one of those options.

think simple.

[RBS]

inkwell and fountain pen?

[ahra]

heh, only the pen, only the pen. good job ^^

clickety for large pic.

[RBS]

Oh that part! I kept seeing ceramic not metal but of course with the full pic it makes sense. Good one!