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Material: Metal
Art Deco "Savory" Sterling Silver Arm Lighter by Alfred Dunhill Paris
By Dunhill
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original "Savory" sterling silver wick-type lift arm lighter by Alfred Dunhill Paris. The lighter features a diamond grid pattern along the front with a lift arm along the type.The s...
Category
1930s French Vintage Metal Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Georgian Oval Silver Mounted Brass Pocket Snuff Box
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A finely made English Georgian silver mounted oval shaped pocket snuff box dating from the early 19th century. The snuff box is of oval shape curved upwards at either end probably to...
Category
Early 19th Century British Georgian Antique Metal Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Silver, Brass
Black Forest Carved Wood Figural Humidor Bear Head with Glass Eyes
By Brienz Switzerland
Located in Barntrup, DE
The Black Forest carved wood figural humidor in the shape of a bear head with glass eyes, circa 1920.
This antique, dark brown, linden wood humidor is masterfully carved and features...
Category
1920s Swiss Black Forest Vintage Metal Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Teak & Green Enameled Metal Table Lighter
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A stunning sculptural mid-century or Scandinavian modern turned teak table lighter with green and black enameled accent on the base. Beautiful as both a decorative and functional pi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Modern Metal Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Teak & Blue Enameled Metal Table Lighter
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A stunning sculptural mid-century or Scandinavian modern turned teak table lighter with blue enameled accent on the base. Beautiful as both a decorative and functional piece.
In ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Modern Metal Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Metal
1980s Lucite Astrolite Table Lighter by Ritts Co. of Los Angeles
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A fantastic mid-century modern Astrolite lucite table lighter by the Ritts Company of Los Angeles. The Ritts Company was owned by Herbert and Shirley Ritts, parents of famed photogr...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Metal Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Metal
Art Deco Hand Carved Wooden Figural Humidor Bird Head, ca. 1930s
Located in Barntrup, DE
An Art Deco hand-carved wooden figural humidor in the shape of a bird head, circa the 1930s.
This adorable, dark brown, linden wood humidor or a small box is masterfully carved and f...
Category
1930s Swiss Art Deco Vintage Metal Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Metal
RONSON 1936 Maltese Art Deco Machine Age Desk Black Clock And Touch-Tip Lighter
Located in Miami, FL
A Maltese clock & touch tip lighter designed by Ronson.
This is an extremely rare Ronson Maltese clock Touch-Tip lighter. This is a very iconic piece made in 1936 at Newark, New Jersey in the United States by the Ronson Art Metal Works Inc. This touch tip lighter began a very successful era for Ronson Touch Tip series of lighters which pushed out the strike lighters from the market. This fabulous Art Deco / Machine Age design, was crafted with streamline patterns. Solid construction in polished chromium plate and parts of the metal body are treated with black lacquer and the lighter base is padded with green felt. This surely is a very decorative piece and a great conversation item in gorgeous and exceptional preserved and almost mint condition. This version with the large dial are more rarer and more prized and desirable for collectors than the small dial version. It is illustrated at the Cummings book as very rare. This piece was used in 1941, in the Hollywood movie titled The Maltese Falcon, there the nick name for this specific model.
Weight: 897.45 Grams, (1.87 Pounds).
Measurements: 108 mm by 64 mm by 103 mm (4.25 x 2.52 x 4.06 Inches).
Marks: Stamped with the maker's mark and signed, "RONSON TOUCH TIP US PATS. 1,986,754-DES PAT. 97,247 BRITISH PAT. APPLY FOR CANADA PAT. 349,148 NEWARK NJ-USA-ART METAL WORKS INC". With all supportive Ronson stickers and labels at the bottom.
The Ronson lighter company
The company started as The Art Metal Works in 1897 and was incorporated on July 20, 1898, by Max Hecht, Louis Vincent Aronson and Leopold Herzig, in Newark, New Jersey. Louis V. Aronson was a huge creative driving force for the company; and, with a few business adjustments, including the addition of Alexander Harris (1910–11) as Business Manager, the company soon became World Famous. In the 1910s The Art Metal Works were producing very good quality Hood Ornaments and gained a reputation as a dependable supplier of same. All accounts state that Louis Aronson was a gifted man, who at 16 years old set up a money-making shop in his parent's home - before receiving a U.S. patent for a commercially valuable metal-plating process he developed when he was 24 years old, and he sold half the rights while retaining the Right to Use. "His experiments, which he has been conducting since his early youth, resulted in 1893 in the discovery of a process for electrically producing tinplate. Much money was expended upon improving the process... and has been of great practical value to the whole industry. Retaining its rights, he sold half the patent rights, and later used part of the proceeds to open the Art Metal Works in Newark, N.J. Soon the company was producing a variety of high-quality Lamps, Book ends, Art Statues and other decorative items, prized today for their detail in the collector marketplace.
Literature: Urban K. Cummings, Ronson, the World's Greatest Lighter : Wick Lighters...
Category
1930s North American Art Deco Vintage Metal Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Steel, Chrome
ANDREI ANDREEV ALEKSANDROV 1908 Desk Petrol Lighter In .875 Sterling & Gold
By Andrei Andreev Aleksandrov
Located in Miami, FL
Table petrol lighter designed by Andrei Andreev Aleksandrov.
This is a beautiful table petrol lighter, created in Moscow during the Russian imperial period, back in the 1908-1926. The table-desk lighter was crafted in an oval shape by the silversmith Andrei Andreev Aleksandrov in solid .875/.999 sterling silver with repousse and plain patterns. The repousse design has the motifs of flowers and organic patterns. The lighter is fitted with a removable lid which show the monogram CB-III in Cyrillic letters in attribution to the previous owner, all accented in yellow gold.
Period: Circa 1908-1926.
Weight: 124.95 Grams, (80.10 Dwt).
Measurements: 63 mm by 52 mm by 95 mm (2.48 x 2.05 x 3.75 Inches).
Hallmarks: Stamped with Russian Empire post 1908 marks: the delta for the city of Moscow; the maker's mark AA inside an octagonal cartouche, associated to Andrei Andreev Aleksandrov, the kokoshnik mark 84 to the right for the assay and fineness of the .875 silver and signed, "AA 84".
Kokoshnik Mark
This is a traditional Russian head...
Category
Early 1900s Russian Edwardian Antique Metal Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Gold, Silver, Sterling Silver
RONSON 1935 Elephant Touch-Tip Striker Lighter Black Cast Steel & Chromed Steel
Located in Miami, FL
Desk elephant Striker Lighter designed by Ronson.
The striker lighters made by Ronson are famous under collectors. This extremely rare desk Striker Lighter was created in New Jersey United States by The Art Metal Works for The Ronson Co. during the art deco period, back in the 1935. Designed in the shape of an Elephant made in polished solid chromed steel attached to a oval black base. The colored plastic tusks were named Ïvoroid” by Ronson.
Weight: 597.5 Grams, (1.32 Pounds).
Measurements: 82.55 mm by 91.44 mm by 116.84 mm (3.25 x 3.60 x 4.6 Inches).
Marks: Signed with the maker's mark label, "FASHIONED BY RONSON".
Ronson
The Ronson lighter company started as The Art Metal Works in 1897 and was incorporated on July 20, 1898, by Max Hecht, Louis Vincent Aronson and Leopold Herzig, in Newark, New Jersey. Louis V. Aronson was a huge creative driving force for the company; and, with a few business adjustments, including the addition of Alexander Harris (1910–11) as Business Manager, the company soon became World Famous. In the 1910s The Art Metal Works were producing very good quality Hood Ornaments and gained a reputation as a dependable supplier of same. All accounts state that Louis Aronson was a gifted man, who at 16 years old set up a money-making shop in his parent's home - before receiving a U.S. patent for a commercially valuable metal-plating process he developed when he was 24 years old, and he sold half the rights while retaining the Right to Use. "His experiments, which he has been conducting since his early youth, resulted in 1893 in the discovery of a process for electrically producing tinplate. Much money was expended upon improving the process... and has been of great practical value to the whole industry. Retaining its rights, he sold half the patent rights, and later used part of the proceeds to open the Art Metal Works in Newark, N.J. Soon the company was producing a variety of high-quality Lamps, Book ends, Art Statues and other decorative items, prized today for their detail in the collector marketplace.
Literature: Urban K. Cummings, Ronson, the World's Greatest Lighter : Wick Lighters...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Metal Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Art Nouveau French Poilu Trench Art "Joan of Arc" Brass Lighter
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original brass Poilu Army trench art WW1 lighter with The front Side of the lighter depicts Joan of Arc, "Jeanne D' Arc" with a thin halo of gold. The r...
Category
20th Century French Metal Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Brass
Victorian Period Unusual Sterling Silver-Mounted Cut Crystal Match Striker
Located in New York, NY
Victorian Period, unusual sterling silver-mounted cut crystal match striker, having a full sterling silver match cup/holder, Birmingham, England, year-hallmarked for 1895, John Grins...
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Metal Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
Mid-Century Ronson "Escort" Floral Cigarette Case & Lighter in Box
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original 1950s Ronson "Escort" cigarette case and lighter combination with purple floral design was first used by Ronson in the 1930s and can be seen on many of their classic lighters such as the Ronson Princess, Mastercase, and Pal.The Ronson Escort was first introduced in the 1950s. It is the last cigarette case combo they made, and it was not produced for long.
This unused lighter comes in the original box with the original manual still inside the case.
Ronson cigarette lighters...
Category
1950s American Vintage Metal Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Silver
Antique Machine Age Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver Makers Table Lighter
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Modernist table lighter.
By Tiffany & Co.
In sterling silver.
Marked to the base for Tiffany & Co. / Makers / Sterling / 23448 / T / 15.
The lighter insert it removeabl...
Category
20th Century American Machine Age Metal Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century Wrought Iron and Brass Table Cigar Cutter by A.V. Zschock
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Early 20th century hammered iron and brass tabletop cigar gutter in the form of a full-bodied parrot on a perch attached to a leaf. Made of painted iron with a brass head, the parrot...
Category
Early 20th Century German Arts and Crafts Metal Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Brass, Wrought Iron
Art Deco Silver Plate Lift Arm Table Lighter by Dunhill
By Dunhill
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original early 1930s silver plate tabletop lighter features a classic lift arm design Made by one of the most regarded lighter companies in the world Dunhill. This large tabletop lig...
Category
1930s English Vintage Metal Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
A cigar or cigarette box silver-plated metal and exotic wood France 1970
By Maria Pergay
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
An elegant cigar or cigarette box from the 70s, made of silver-plated metal and featuring an interior of exotic wood. Crafted with exceptional skill, this vintage piece combines soph...
Category
1970s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Metal Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Metal
1920 Red Enamel Lift Arm French Table Lighter
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original late 1920s red enamel tabletop lighter features a classic lift arm design Made in France. This large tabletop lighter is in working order and is sure to add class to any roo...
Category
1920s American Vintage Metal Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Enamel, Chrome
Vintage Standing Forged Metal Ashtray by Jean-Pierre Ryckaert made in 1950
Located in Sofia, BG
Vintage Design by Jean-Pierre Ryckaert.
This standing ashtray, features forged metal, a strap, and a leather application and is made in the middle of 20th century in France
The condi...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Metal Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Metal
Art Deco Sterling Mounted Boar's Tusk Cigar Lighter
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Art Deco sterling silver mounted boar's tusk cigar lighter with a pair of ball-tipped supports forming a tripod with the tusk to raise a spherical font with a capped wick. (monogramm...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Metal Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Tiffany & Co. 1970 Modernist Petrol Fluid Fiorentini Pocket Lighter In 14Kt Gold
Located in Miami, FL
Pocket lighter designed by Tiffany & Co.
Gorgeous luxury pocket lighter, created in New York city by Tiffany & Co, back in the 1970. The lighter's case has been crafted with sharp r...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Gold
Art Deco Ashtray Stand, Chrome and Bakelite by Demeyere, Belgium, 1930s
By Demeyere
Located in Saarburg, RP
Art Deco ashtray stand
This beautiful and rare Art Deco Ashtray Stand from the 30s/40s is in the streamline modern art deco style. The designer of this extraordinary object has succ...
Category
1930s Belgian Art Deco Vintage Metal Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Metal, Chrome, Iron
Art Deco Ashtray Stand, Chrome and Bakelite by Demeyere, Belgium, 1930s
By Demeyere
Located in Saarburg, RP
Art Deco ashtray stand
This beautiful and rare Art Deco Ashtray Stand from the 30s/40s is in the streamline modern art deco style. The designer of this extraordinary object has succ...
Category
1930s Belgian Art Deco Vintage Metal Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Metal, Chrome, Iron
Art Deco Ashtray Stand, Chrome and Bakelite by Demeyere, Belgium, 1930s
By Demeyere
Located in Saarburg, RP
Art Deco ashtray stand
This beautiful and rare Art Deco Ashtray Stand from the 30s/40s is in the streamline modern art deco style. The designer of this extraordinary object has succ...
Category
1930s Belgian Art Deco Vintage Metal Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Metal, Chrome, Iron
Streamline Sterling Silver Tabletop Butane Lighter by Avedon
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original 1940s Streamline sterling silver tabletop butane lighter by Avedon. Avedon New York was a prestigious American luxury brand made in 1947, renowned for its high-quality sterl...
Category
1940s American Vintage Metal Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Silver
Cigarette Case black lines and hematite stone Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Cigarette Case black lines and hematite stone is in 925/1000 sterling silver.
Cigarette Case black lines and hematite stone has fired enamels.
Cigarette Case black lines and hematite...
Category
1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Metal Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Midcentury ashtray designed by Gabriella Crespi, Italy
Located in Piacenza, Italy
Ashtray designed by Gabriella Crespi
Shell and brass ashtray by Gabriella Crespi.
Recorded by Archivio Gabriella Crespi, Milan.
Signed.
Italy 1970s
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Brass
Italian Wooden Humidor with Brass Corner Accents and Moisture control
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautifully designed wooden humidor with brass corners. The size is perfect for the side table, smoking room, desk or work station. inside top holds a sponge for creating the amo...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Metal Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Brass
French Art Deco Bike Themed Smoking Set, 1930s
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Deco bike themed smoking set, France, 1930's. Oak and pewter. Smoking set dating from the 1930s on the theme of the bicycle. There is a bicycle, of course, which is only d...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Metal Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Pewter
1910's Sterling Silver Cigarette Case w/ Cobalt Blue Enameled Checker Pattern
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Introducing the Vintage Sterling Silver Cigarette Case with a captivating cobalt blue enameled checker pattern. This exquisite piece showcases a timeless design, combining the elegan...
Category
Early 1900s British Art Nouveau Antique Metal Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
WW2 SILVER PLATED ROYAL CANADiAN ORDNANCE CORPS BADGE ON CIGARETTE CASE
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely WW2 silver plated Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
A very good looking well-made vintage piece, it...
Category
20th Century English Campaign Metal Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Silver Plate
Victorian Period Sterling Silver-Mounted Threaded Crystal Match Striker
Located in New York, NY
Victorian Period. sterling silver-mounted threaded crystal match striker, Birmingham, England, year-hallmarked for 1897, Hoveden and Sons (Robert Albert and Charles William), Ltd. ma...
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Metal Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
IMCO 6300 Primex 1953 Julius Franz Meister Petrol Lighter In Chromed Steel MIB
Located in Miami, FL
Primex 6300 lighter designed by IMCO.
This is a brilliantly engineered, unusual and quite ingenious semi-automatic pocket lighter designed by Julius Franz Meister in Austria, back i...
Category
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Tiffany & Co. 1960 Modernist Zippo Petrol Fluid Pocket Lighter 14Kt Yellow Gold
Located in Miami, FL
Pocket lighter designed by Tiffany & Co.
Gorgeous luxury pocket lighter, created in New York city by Tiffany & Co, back in the 1960. The lighter's case has been crafted with sharp g...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Gold
RONSON 1960 Germany Modernist Cigarette Lighter Box in Cedar & Brushed Aluminum
By Ronson
Located in Miami, FL
Modernist geometric cigarette box designed by Ronson.
An exceptional and very beautiful desk box, created in West Germany by The Ronson Co. for Scandia. This piece was made during t...
Category
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Aluminum
Dunhill London Silver Plate Rollalite Petrol Lighter (Silver plate?)
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Dunhill London Silver Rollagas Lighter: This wonderful vintage Silver plate Alfred Dunhill Lighter is called a Rollagas inscribed with the initi...
Category
1950s American Vintage Metal Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Silver
Vintage Cigarette Case
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice vintage cigarette case in gold plate with a white synthetic top, circa 1940s. The case is in very good vintage condition and measures ...
Category
20th Century English Metal Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Gold Plate
System walking stick with the function of smoking pipe, France 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
Gadget-System: System walking stick with the function of a pipe. Rattan wood barrel, birch wood knob with bark, metal tip. By unscrewing the knob, the bowl of the pipe, the wooden, m...
Category
Early 20th Century French Metal Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Metal
18-Karat Gold Art Deco Cigarette Case
Located in Van Nuys, CA
A solid 18-karat gold case with geometric Art Deco lines, this cigarette case has lines textured along the exterior and is completed with a complex grid pattern in the center. It has...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Metal Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Gold
A bench cigar cutter depicting a poodle dog, Austria 1890.
Located in Milan, IT
White metal sculpture on a rectangular base depicting a poodle dog acting as a cigar cutter. Signed DRG Musterschutz. Austria around 1890.
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Metal Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Metal
Rare American Sterling Silver-Mounted Threaded Crystal Match Striker By Durgin
Located in New York, NY
Rare, American, Edwardian Period, sterling silver-mounted threaded crystal match striker, The Durgin Silver Co. (William B. Durgin), Concord, New Hampshire, Ca. 1900. Measures 2 1/...
Category
Early 1900s American Edwardian Antique Metal Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
Art Deco Ashtray Stand, Chrome and Bakelite by Demeyere, Belgium, 1930s
By Demeyere
Located in Saarburg, RP
Art Deco ashtray stand
This beautiful and rare Art Deco Ashtray Stand from the 30s/40s is in the streamline modern art deco style. The designer of this extraordinary object has succ...
Category
1930s Belgian Art Deco Vintage Metal Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Iron, Chrome, Metal
Chinese Jade Top Matchbox Holder, c. 1930
Located in Chicago, IL
With vintage charm and petite scale, this Chinese matchbox holder features an openwork jade lid carved to depict flowers and foliage in translucent green. The jade panel is removable...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Metal Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Jade, Brass
Climax Streamline 1930s American Art Deco Train Car Ashtray and Drink Stand
Located in Buffalo, NY
W.J. Campbell designed this art deco cocktail smoker in 1934 for the Climax Machinery Company of Indianapolis. The smoke stand and ashtray feature a circular ring which doubles as a ...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Metal Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Metal, Copper, Steel, Chrome
Ronson Newark 1929 Art Deco Steel RonDeLight Table Lighter Black & Blue Lacquer
Located in Miami, FL
A ball table lighter designed by Ronson.
Very beautiful RonDeLight Junior desk lighter, created in Newark United States by Art Metal Works Inc. for The Ro...
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Metal Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Edwardian Brass and Copper Figural WMF Cigar Cutter Attrib: Ignatius Taschner
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Arts and Crafts figural metalwork cigar cutter / ashtray. A brass Billy goat cigar cutter, jointed at the hip with integral cutter leaping over a cylindrical copper receptacle mounte...
Category
Early 20th Century German Arts and Crafts Metal Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Brass, Copper
Set of Three “Ultima” Solid Brass Ashtrays by Bäckström & Ljungberg, Sweden 1960
Located in Roma, IT
Fantastic Mid-Century complete set of the iconic "Ultima" brass ashtrays designed by Holger Bäckström and Bo Ljungberg and produced by Diverse Ting in Sweden during the 1960s.
These wonderful and rare square ashtrays are made in solid brass with a removable top. The beautiful natural patina has not been polished out to preserve their charm and historical value. In amazing conditions.
A stylish and unique set of ashtrays...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Metal Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Metal, Brass
IMCO Julius Meister 1000 Ifa Storm Thumbwheel Mechanical Lighter In Solid Brass
Located in Miami, FL
IMCO mechanical lighter made by the Julius Franz Meister Company.
This is an amazing authentic petrol lighter original from the art deco period. This industrial piece was originally designed and patented by Hans Silverknopf and was made in Austria back in 1925-26 by the Julius Meister Company, JMCO commonly know as IMCO. This is the final 4th model storm thumbwheel, called IFA-1000. It was crafted in solid polished brass and is fitted with mechanical sliding elements. This lighter has the rare sub-variety in the snuffer, is rounded and domed on top. The function is very simple, the metallic wheel on the lighter, when pushed down by one's thumb, will rub against the ferrocerium to produce a scorching spark. Simultaneously, the petrol vape is released, which is vaporized (depressurized) as soon as it exits the container. This lighter is near mint, is original not a reproduction and has been cleaned and polished to bring back his original splendor.
IMCO
The company was founded by Julius Franz Meister in 1907, the Julian Meister Co. (JMCO/IMCO) began as a button and metal goods factory in Vienna. Bernhard Silberknopf became a company partner during 1911. The factory began manufacturing lighters after World War 1. The first lighter model, the "Imko Feuerzeug" was patented in 1920 and several other models were produced during the early 1920s based on this patent. Hans Silberknopf patented the design for the famous "Ifa" Sturmfeuerzeug in 1925. IMCO produced other several models based on this patent. The design was copied by multiple U.S. and Japanese companies during the 1930s and 1940s and countless replicas have been produced. Frequently deceptively characterized as "trench lighters...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Metal Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Brass, Cut Steel
David Marshall hexagonal ashtray in cast brass and aluminum from the 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful hexagonal ashtray in solid brass and aluminum. This lovely piece was designed by David Marshall in Spain during the 1970s.
The simple straight lines and contrast between the different materials make this David Marshall ashtray...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Metal Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Brass, Aluminum
Set of 8 Udall & Ballou Enamel Matchbox Holders with Dogs
Located in New York, NY
Set of 8 American Modern sterling silver matchbox holders, ca 1920. Retailed by Udall & Ballou in New York. Rectangular with open ends; sides have cutout tubes. On each is applied en...
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Metal Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Medieval Knight Helmet Chrome Eletric Lighter by Omsco
Located in Van Nuys, CA
The Vintage Knight Chrome Electric Lighter by Osco is a classic and elegant piece of smoking paraphernalia crafted with precision and attention to detail, this lighter is a testament...
Category
1940s American Vintage Metal Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Chrome
Tiffany Co. Paris 1919 French Table Petrol Lighter In Brass & Carved White Nacre
Located in Miami, FL
Table petrol lighter designed by Tiffany & Co.
Beautiful and unusual antique table petrol lighter, created in Paris France by the Tiffany & Co., back in the 1919. Crafted after the WWI as a trench-art piece in solid brass with high polished finish and embellished with a round flat holed piece, carved from natural white nacre. It is mounted in a round flat base and is fitted with a thumbwheel and a chained snuffer lid. This antique lighter should be a great conversation piece.
Trench Art
This is a term used to describe objects made from the debris and by-products of modern warfare. Trench Art is usually associated with the First World War, although similar items have been produced in other conflicts too. Most trench art was made by servicemen to pass the time when not in the front line.
Weight: 124.7 Grams, (79.94 Dwt).
Measurements: Diameter of 42 mm and a height of 94 (1.65 x 3.68 Inches).
Hallmarks: Stamped with the maker's mark, attached with the French tax plaque Ministere Des Finances and signed, "TIFFANY & CO. FRANCE".
Ministere Des Finances Lighter Tax 1911-1945
Historic Taxation Data
On 10th December 1910 the French state adopted a new tax regulations on all devices indented to produce spark or fire by friction, or by any other means, and of the combustion of a flammable substance. Since 1st January 1911 every lighter in France that was intended for sale in the French market had to be taxed and adequately marked. To confirm that the excise duty was paid to the Ministry of Finance a special duty metal plate (stamp) was attached (usually welded) to the lighter by the lighter manufacturers. The fees charged by the French state were high but the tax rates levied by the state were varying depending on the type and finish of the lighter. Following tax rates were used: 2 French francs for common pocket lighters, 5 Fr for pocket lighters made of silver, 20 Fr for luxury pocket lighters made in gold, 5 Fr for common table/desk lighters (lower 10 cm), 10 Fr for table/desk lighters (over 10 cm) made of silver, 50 Fr for luxury table/desk lighters (over 10 cm) made of gold or platinum. Between 1911 and 1916 a simple cooper plate was used which had the date 1911 engraved. Later, between 1916 and 1945 a new plate (undated) was introduced with the letters "C" and "I" (stands for indirect taxes) and a profile of Mercury (patron god of financial gain, commerce and messengers) with an inscription "Ministère Des Finances" (Ministry of Finance). Two shapes were used for the plate – oval for table lighters, the other one for pocket lighters. Additional to the two duty plates a marking "BL" (Briquet de Luxe, eng. luxury lighter...
Category
1910s French Art Deco Vintage Metal Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Brass, Nickel
KARL GLAZER 1932 Austria Schnauzer Dog Table Petrol Lighter Bronze & Red Lacquer
Located in Miami, FL
Petrol lighter designed by Karl Glazer.
Fabulous and rare antique table petrol lighter, created in Vienna Austria by the Karl Glazer Metallwarenfabrik, back in the 1932-1933. This u...
Category
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Metal Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Art Deco Ashtray Stand, Chrome and Bakelite by Demeyere, Belgium, 1930s
By Demeyere
Located in Saarburg, RP
Art Deco ashtray stand
This beautiful and rare Art Deco Ashtray Stand from the 30s/40s is in the streamline modern art deco style. The designer of this extraordinary object has succ...
Category
1930s Belgian Art Deco Vintage Metal Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Metal, Chrome, Iron
1960s Mughal Style Indian Brass Cigarette Holder / Trinket Box
Located in New York, NY
Indian brass lidded cigarette holder / trinket box, with hand engraved Mughal floral designs all around. Completely hand wrought piece with exquisite detail. Hand crafted in India, c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Metal Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Brass
Rare George III Period Sterling Silver-Mounted and Carnelian Scottish Snuff Mull
Located in New York, NY
Unusual, rare, Georgian (George III) Period, sterling silver-mounted (unmarked, but tested) ram's horn snuff mull, having a hinged lid with a large car...
Category
1810s English George III Antique Metal Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Carnelian, Sterling Silver
Vintage Traditional Leather Wrapped Tobacco Humidor Jar with Mallard Duck top
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Traditional Mallard Duck Motif Leather Tobacco Humidor Jar.
Vintage tobacco humidor square box in cognac color leather wrapped.
Circa 1...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Metal Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Copper
Guinco 1923 Large Table Desk Semi Automatic lighter In Solid Polished Brass
Located in Miami, FL
Desk table lighter designed by Samuel E. Ghinn.
This is a superb and very rare table desk semi automatic petrol lighter, created in Cincinnati Ohio by Samuel E. Ghinn, back in 1923. This lighter was manufactured at the S.E. Guinn Mfg. Co. with geometric patterns in solid polished brass. The ignition mechanism is semiautomatic, with a very unusual and complicate system. Guinn is best known for his distinctive automatic table and desktop Bell Lighters, Samuel Guinn was an important early American designer and manufacturer. Guinn's first lighter design was patented in 1917, an automatic ferrocerium sparking attachment for gas kitchen stoves. His first full automatic petrol lighter design was patented in 1923, more than three years before the more famous Ronson "one motion" design. Guinn patented several variations of his original lighter design during the mid 1920, reflecting both mechanical improvements and different design variations targeted for home and commercial use. Lighter production continued until the early 1930s when the company went bankrupt, Guinn passed away in 1935. This piece is very gorgeous with an outstanding look and great eye appeal. This will be a great conversation piece and magnificent important addition to any tobacco or lighter collector.
Weight: 1,465.3 Grams, (3.23 Pounds).
Size: Large table desk...
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Metal Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Brass, Steel
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