Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
MID-CENTURY MODERN STYLE
Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.
ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerged during the mid-20th century
- Informed by European modernism, Bauhaus, International style, Scandinavian modernism and Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture
- A heyday of innovation in postwar America
- Experimentation with new ideas, new materials and new forms flourished in Scandinavia, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia and elsewhere in Europe
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Simplicity, organic forms, clean lines
- A blend of neutral and bold Pop art colors
- Use of natural and man-made materials — alluring woods such as teak, rosewood and oak; steel, fiberglass and molded plywood
- Light-filled spaces with colorful upholstery
- Glass walls and an emphasis on the outdoors
- Promotion of functionality
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Charles and Ray Eames
- Eero Saarinen
- Milo Baughman
- Florence Knoll
- Harry Bertoia
- Isamu Noguchi
- George Nelson
- Danish modernists Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen, whose emphasis on natural materials and craftsmanship influenced American designers and vice versa
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
- Eames lounge chair
- Nelson daybed
- Florence Knoll sofa
- Egg chair
- Womb chair
- Noguchi coffee table
- Barcelona chair
VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.
Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively.
Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer.
Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.
The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by celebrated manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.
As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.
Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.
Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.
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Style: Mid-Century Modern
1960s Stunning Smoking Set in Ceramic by Rosenthal. Made in Germany
Located in Milano, IT
1960s Stunning Smoking Set in Ceramic by Rosenthal. Made in Germany The table lighter works perfeclty. This smoking set is in excellent condition.
Dimension :
Ashtray 5,51 x 3,93 x ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Onyx
1960s, Stunning Alabaster Smoking Set by Romano Bianchi
Located in Milano, IT
1960s Gorgeous alabaster smoking set by Romano Bianchi with ashtray, box and table lighter, everything is handmade carved. Made in Italy. This smoking set is in excellent condition.
...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Alabaster
1960's 70's modernist silverplated cigarette box by Gabriella Crespi, signed
Located in London, Fitzrovia
A rare modernist silver plated cigarette box by Gabriella Crespi, Engraved Signature, circa 1960's to 1970's. Streamlined, looks very chic!
Please note that our handling time is of...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Metal
Dunhill Aquarium Half-Giant Table Lighter
By Ben Shillingford, Dunhill
Located in Northampton, GB
Novelty Google Eyed Fish
From our Accessories collection, we are delighted to offer this Dunhill Aquarium Half-Giant Table Lighter. The Aquarium Lighter with a Silver Plated body features a lucite...
Category
1950s English Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
TIFFANY & CO. 1982 Elsa Peretti Bean Petrol Pocket Lighter In Polished Solid
Located in Miami, FL
Pocket petrol lighter designed by Elsa Peretti (1940-2019) for Tiffany & Co.
The bean is one of the most iconic Elsa Peretti's designs, that she created for the Tiffany Studios, back in the 1970's. This petrol pocket lighter is one of her creations, crafted with a sportive casual look in solid brass.
Weight: 46.95 Grams, (30.09 Dwt).
Measurements: 62 mm by 29 mm by 15 mm (2.44 x 1.14 x 0.59 Inch).
Hallmarks: Stamped with the maker's mark and signed in full as follows, "©ELSA PERETTI 1982 TIFFANY & CO. BRASS".
Elsa Peretti
She was a very important and iconic American designer that joined Tiffany & Co in the 1974 and change the role of diamonds and color gemstones in fashion for the everyday wear and elevating the status of the sterling silver jewelry. Mostly using unusual gemstones and materials, all her creations are as modern today as ever.
Collateral: This Elsa Peretti lighter...
Category
1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Brass
1960s Stunning Blue Table Lighter in Murano Sommerso Glass By Flavio Poli
By Flavio Poli
Located in Milano, IT
1960s Stunning Blue and Yellow Table Lighter in Murano Sommerso Glass By Flavio Poli for Seguso. Made in italy
The item is in excellent condition and it works perfectly
Dimensions:
2...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Murano Glass
IMCO 6300 Primex 1953 Julius Franz Meister Petrol Lighter Chromed Steel In Box
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 Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Steel, Chrome
1960s, Stunning Alabaster Smoking Set by Romano Bianchi
Located in Milano, IT
1960s Stunning alabaster smoking set by Romano Bianchi with ashtray, cigarette box and table lighter, everything is handmade carved. Made in Italy. This smoking set is in excellent c...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Alabaster
Mid-century Novelty "M.V. Queen of Esquimalt" Cruise ship Enameled Lighter
By Sarome
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Mid-century Sarome 'Cruiser' lighter, shaped like a Cruise ship, features a chrome body enameled red and crème accents and "M.V. Queen of Esquimalt" lettering. It includes a thumb st...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Steel
Two-Tone Enamel Lighter & Cigarette "Slide-A-Lite Lighter/Case" by Marathon
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Text on bottom:
Trademark
MARATHON
Made in U.S.A.
4 1/4" x 2 5/8" x 5/8"
Category
1950s North American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Enamel
1960s Italian Three Piece Orange Genuine Hand Carved Alabaster Smoking Set
Located in Haarlem, NL
Very decorative 1960s Italian hand carved orange alabaster smoking set by Romano Bianchi.
Consists of a heavy ashtray, also very useful as trinket dish or vide-poche.
A table lighter (which also fits a wax tea light candle).
And a very pretty lidded hinged box, which originally would have held cigarettes but also could be used to keep jewellery or little treasures in.
Cigarette sales peaked in the 20th century, people were allowed to smoke in the office, the cinema, at restaurants, indoors and outdoors. Once women were able to smoke freely, smoking became a social norm and in general it was considered an act of elegance and sophistication. Businessmen in the 1960s were rarely seen without a cigarette in their hand.
So needles to say you needed pretty smoking accessories...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Alabaster
Gucci Italian Sterling Silver and 18 Karat Gold Cigarette or 420 Lighter
By Gucci
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning Gucci Italy signed Cigarette, Cigar or 420 Lighter. A Waffle pattern sterling that is print resistant... with a solid 18k Gold Strike. The perfect compliment to any bar, ...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Gold, Sterling Silver
Vintage 1970s lucite Ronson table lighter
By Ronson
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Vintage 1970s lucite Ronson table lighter
Space Age design - Modern office decor
Measures : 8,5cmx6,5cm H 12cm
Material : Lucite
Wear consisten...
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Lucite
1960s Stunning Blue Table Lighter in Murano Sommerso Glass By Flavio Poli
By Flavio Poli
Located in Milano, IT
1960s Stunning red and yellow table lighter in Murano sommerso glass By Flavio Poli for Seguso. Made in italy
The item is in excellent condition and it works perfectly
Dimension:
2,7...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Murano Glass
Alfred Dunhill Gold Plated RollGas Cigarette Lighter with Box and Papers
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Alfred Dunhill Gold Plated Briquet Rollagas Cigarette Lighter
Vintage boxed Dunhill lighter with booklet stamped at purchase 1988
Stamped Dunhill and Swiss Made on base.
Category
1980s Swiss Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Gold Plate
An art glass table lighter by Murano, mid 20th century
Located in View Park, CA
A vintage Italian art glass lighter by Murano, design attributed to Flavio Poli, circa 1950 - 1960. In tones of violet, azure, and hibiscus pink.
I had this piece appraised and authe...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Metal
CARTIER 1970 Paris Linear-Oval Pocket Butane Gas Lighter In Plaqué d'Argent
By Cartier
Located in Miami, FL
A pocket lighter designed by Cartier.
This is a beautiful butane pocket lighter, created in Paris France by the jewelry house of Cartier, back in the 1970's. The lighter is a classi...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Silver
1960s, Stunning Green Alabaster Smoking Set by Romano Bianchi
Located in Milano, IT
1960s Gorgeous green alabaster smoking set by Romano Bianchi with ashtray, box and table lighter, everything is handmade carved. Made in Italy. This smoking set is in excellent condi...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Alabaster
Asprey Art Deco Cigarettes Box. 1930´s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Metal case with a grooved texture. On the top of the box is written the word "Cigarettes" in cursive script. The box was designed to store cigarettes. The ribbed texture and metallic...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Metal
1970s Stunning Table Lighter in Vienna Straw By Geolel. Made in Italy
Located in Milano, IT
1970 Stunning table lighter in Vienna straw and plexiglass by Geolel. Made in italy. The item is in excellent condition and it works perfectly, It's signed at the bottom.
Dimension:...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Straw, Plexiglass
Dunhill Mid-Century Modern Chrome Stylized Sabre Jet Airplane Table Lighter
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This chrome table lighter was made by the renowned Alfred Dunhill Company of England and dates to 1960 and done in the period Mid-Century Modern style. The lighter is made in the lik...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Metal, Chrome
1960s Stunning Grey table Lighter in Murano Sommerso Glass By Flavio Poli for S
By Flavio Poli
Located in Milano, IT
1960s Stunning grey table lighter in Murano sommerso glass By Flavio Poli for Seguso. Made in italy
The item is in excellent condition and it works perfectly
Dimension:
2,75 x 2,75 x...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Murano Glass
Rare Sascha Brastoff Walnut and Enamel Lighter
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
This is a rare mid-century modern lighter made by Sascha Brastoff. The lighter is made of walnut, atomic orange enameled metal, and a W. Germany inserted lighter. You simply remove t...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Enamel
1960s Dunhill Lift Arm Ostrich Leather Lighter
By Dunhill
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elegant Dunhill lift arm lighter made in the 1960s. Body wrapped in ostrich leather that has a perfect patina. Amazing texture and practical size perf...
Category
1960s Swiss Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Metal
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 Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Brass
DUPONT 1945 Tall Roller Petrol Pocket Lighter In Plated Sterling
By S.T. Dupont
Located in Miami, FL
A Dupont roller petrol lighter made in France.
This is a very rare pocket petrol lighter created in Paris France during the post war period, back in the 1945. The lighter has been p...
Category
1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Silver Plate
Brass Crab Ashtray or 420 Holder
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A small Cancer Crab that serves as a decorative item or for use as an ashtray or 420 tray. The brass is patinated but can be shined to a brilliant gold.
...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Brass
Elegant Mid Century Modern Brass Pipe Holder By Carl Auböck, Austria 1950s
Located in München, BY
Elegant midcentury brass pipe stand designed and manufactured by Carl Auböck, Austria circa 1950.
The sculptural pipe stand is cast from solid brass. A great patina covers the bras...
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Brass
MERCEDES BENZ 1966 Royal London Car Radiator Grill Desk Petrol Lighter Lacquered
Located in Miami, FL
Table petrol lighter designed by Mercedes Benz.
This is a beautiful petrol desk lighter, created for the Royal London Limited, back in the 1966. The desk lighter has been crafted in...
Category
1960s English Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Enamel, Steel
Mid-Century Brazilian Modern Bronze Ashtray Catchall, 1960s
Located in Miami, FL
Brazilian mid-century modern solid bronze ashtray or catchall circa 1960s.
Category
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Bronze
1950 Aldo Tura Italian Design MidCentury GoatSkin Brown Ashtray
By Aldo Tura
Located in Brescia, IT
Ashtray
Aldo Tura
Italy, 1950
Brown Goatskin and metal details
Excellent Condiction
Size: 21 cm
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Metal
1970s Exquisited Handcrafted Smoking Set in Ceramic and Gold Leaf. Made in italy
Located in Milano, IT
1970s Exquisited handcrafted smoking set in ceramic and gold leaf. Made in italy. The table lighter works perfectly. This smoking set is in excellent condition.
Dimension :
Table Li...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Gold Leaf
Leather and Brass Miners Lamp Shaped Table Lighter, France 1960s
By Hermès
Located in Milan, IT
Attributed to Hermes, leather and brass miners table lighter. France 1960s.
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Brass
Hermes Silver Cube Lighter, 1960s France
By Hermès
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Magnificent cube lighter by Hermes, Paris. In cast metal with silver plating, this piece is meticulously handcrafted. The letter 'H' emerges from the structural silhouettes, echoing ...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Metal, Silver
1960s Alvino Bagni Sea Garden Glazed Italian Stoneware Cigar Ashtray by Raymor
By Alvino Bagni
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Heavy swirling colorful glaze, with lava and glaze pops. Super fun form, with a retro futuristic or brutalist design. Stamped ITALY in the bottom rim. About 7 inches in diameter.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Ceramic
The Charles London 1947 Pocket Petrol Lighter Guilloche Plated Sterling Silver
Located in Miami, FL
The Charles petrol lighter designed by Meyer Maximilian Levene
An exceptional and rare silver-plated 'The Charles' petrol pocket lighter stamped 'The Charles Lighter', made in London England, back in the 1947. It was rafted with slim rectangular form, decorated with engine-turned casing, double entry hinged lids with innovative internal mechanical features, including a revolving flint tube to provide even wear to the flint, and a rear barrel containing spare flint chambers so that semi-automatic loading of the spare flint can be undertaken. The Charles Lighter has an extremely complicated mechanism. The flint rotates while grinded by the friction wheel. Also interesting is the revolving magazine for spare flints. A fine example of complete over-engineering. This was made only for a very short period and was patented by Meyer Maximilian Levene in 1949.
Weight: 70.50 Grams, (45.19 Dwt).
Measurements: 48 mm by 43 mm by 12 mm (1.89 x 1.69 x 0.77 Inches).
Hallmarks: Stamped with the maker's mark and signed in full, "THE CHARLES LIGHTER MADE IN ENGLAND BRITISH & DOMINION & FOREIGN PAT GRANTED.".
Literature: Stuart Schneider and Ira Pilossof, The Handbook of Vintage Cigarette Lighters...
Category
1940s English Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Silver
Midcentury Era Chesterfield Cigarette Metal Tobacciana Advertising Sign
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This midcentury period embossed and painted tin advertising sign was made for the Liggett and Myers Tobacco Company in circa 1965 to promote their Chesterfield cigarette...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Metal
Table Lighter Bordeaux Ceramic and Brass by Tommaso Barbi, Italy, 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Table lighter in bordeaux ceramic and brass by the Italian designer Tommaso Barbi.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
The lighter is functioning and Barbi's engraved initials...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Metal, Brass
ALFRED DUNHILL Paris 1960 Short Automatique Rollalite Petrol Pocket Lighter
Located in Miami, FL
An automatic rollalite lighter designed by Alfred Dunhill.
This is a very scarce petrol pocket lighter, created in Switzerland by La Nationale company for the Alfred Dunhill Company...
Category
1960s English Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Hand Carved Wood Dog Head Estate Pipe, Antique Brienz Black Forest
Located in Nuernberg, DE
An antique Estate pipe hand carved wood Dog head pipe. Good used condition. Some minor surface wear. See pictures for details. An all original item to display in your man cave. super...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Wood
Caldelli for Big Ben Cedar Wood Humidor 1970s Italy
Located in Den Haag, NL
Vintage 1970's Caldelli handmade solid cedar wood cigar humidor. Made for Big Ben. Measuring 27cm x 19.5cm x 8cm. Will hold cigars upto 23cm long horizontally, 16.5cm vertically, 2 d...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Cedar
Baier German 1947 Army Truck Lighter Cigarette Holder And Ashtray In Aluminum
Located in Miami, FL
Army Truck Lighter, Cigarette case & ashtray by Walter Baier Company.
Beautiful large sized aluminum lighter by the Baier Company, in the shape of a...
Category
1940s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
IMCO 6500 Table Petrol Lighter 1950 By Julius Franz Meister Green Chromed Steel
Located in Miami, FL
Candle Triplex 6500 table lighter designed by IMCO.
This is a brilliantly engineered, unusual and quite ingenious semi-automatic table petrol lighter designed by Julius Franz Meister in Austria, back in the 1950. This model was made by the IMCO company and was named Candle triplex 6500. Has been crafted in solid chromed steel, with aluminum parts and embellished with green lacquer. This lighter is in unused grade, never fired and in superb mint condition with the original box from the stated period. About the mechanic, there is a button on the inserted lighter - pressure solution for stone-flint change. The lighter has a sliding flame regulator or windshield, a space in the base-socket for reserve stones-flints and a special filling tank that you can either pull out for filling or you can pull out the bottom for filling. Stunning modernist design.
Model: Triplex Candle Table lighter 6500.
Materials: Chromed Steel, aluminum and green lacquer.
Weight: All together 66.30 Grams.
Measurements: 63.5 mm by 63.5 mm by 207 mm (2.50 x 2.50 x 8.15 Inches).
Rarity: Rare in mint, never fired condition and with the original box.
Marks: Stamped with the maker's mark and signed as follow; "IMCO MADE IN AUSTRIA 6500".
IMCO
IMCO was a very important Austrian manufacturer of cigarette lighters. Established in 1907 by Julius Franz Meister, who was formerly a manufacturer of brass buttons for the Austro-Hungarian Army. The first IMCO lighters...
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Aluminum, Steel, Chrome
1960s St Dupont Lighter Silver Design Horizontal
By S.T. Dupont
Located in Biella, IT
S.T. Dupont France lighter sophisticated horizontal line1 first edit two tone silverplate and gold-rose color design in years '60 and is in good used vi...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Silver Plate
Baier German 1947 Army Truck Lighter Cigarette Holder And Ashtray In Aluminum
Located in Miami, FL
Army Truck Lighter, Cigarette case & ashtray by Walter Baier Company.
Beautiful large sized aluminum lighter by Baier in the shape of a jeep with a ...
Category
1940s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Aluminum, Enamel
Fontana Arte 1950s Modernist Glass Pen Holder or Stand and Ashtray Desk Set
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Beautiful vintage Mid-Century Modern desk set featuring an adjustable pen holder or stand with a tray and an ashtray attributed to Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte. Made in Italy, circa ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Glass
Fornasetti Rectangular Box with Smoking Motif
By Fornasetti
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Fornasetti long, rectangular, box with a charming illustration of three pipes. Hand colored Lithography on metal. Exterior metal box slides over a metal interior box, powder coated...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Tin
Francois CHATAIN Made In France Ceramic Red Glazed Vide Poche Ashtray Bowl
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Francois CHATAIN Made In France Ceramic Red Glazed Vide Poche Ashtray Bowl Circa 1970. No damage
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Vintage Dunhill Rollagas Silver Pocket Lighter
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Vintage 1960s Dunhill Rollagas silverplate pocket light lighter featuring a textured finish.
Stamped: "Dunhill US. RE24163 PATENTED SWITZERLAND"
M...
Category
1960s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Silver
1950s Ronson Limited Vintage Chrome Lighter Tripod Stand England
By Ronson
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1950s Ronson Limited Vintage Chrome Lighter on Tripod stand from England
Vintage lighter with tripod shape, chrome plated.
Stamped Ronson, Mad...
Category
1950s English Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Chrome
1960 Stunning Table Lighter in Murano Glass by Antonio Imperatore. Made in Italy
Located in Milano, IT
1960 Stunning table lighter in frosted Murano glass by Antonio Imperatore. Made in italy. The item is in excellent condition and it works perfectly
Dimension:
diam 3,54" x 4,33" H in...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Murano Glass
1970s Smoking Set by Pierre Cardin, Made in France
Located in Milano, IT
1970s Gorgeous smoking set by Pierre Cardin in brass and metal. Made in France. The table lighter works. This smoking set is in excellent condition and it's signed
Dimension :
Tab...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Metal, Brass
1960s Stunning Grey table Lighter in Murano Sommerso Glass By Flavio Poli for S
By Flavio Poli
Located in Milano, IT
1960s Stunning grey table lighter in Murano sommerso glass By Flavio Poli for Seguso. Made in italy
The item is in excellent condition and it works perfectly
Dimension:
2,75 x 2,75 x...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Murano Glass
Italian Leather Matchstick Holder and Match Striker Box
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful Italian leather and gold embossed matchstick holder box and match striker, circa mid-20th century, Italy. This Italian leather piece has gold embossed detail on top lid a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Leather
Dunhill Carlton Ware Spider Web Table Lighter
Located in Northampton, GB
Alfred Dunhill Lighter Circa 1957
From our Accessories collection, we are delighted to offer this Dunhill ‘Carlton’ Spider Web Table Lighter. The Lighter Gold Plated lighter was produced in partnership with Carlton Ware with the ceramic body produced by Stoke on Trent potters Carlton (Carlton Ware). The body has been hand painted with a spider web design amongst blossoming flowers and two dragonflies. The Lighter is embossed to the front Dunhill and bears the registration number to the inside of the pivoting arm 737418. The base of the lighter is stamped Dunhill, Lighter. The Lighter dates to the middle of the 20th century circa 1957.
Carlton Ware was established in 1890 by James Frederick Wiltshaw, William Herbert Robinson and James Alcock Robinson trading under the name of Wiltshaw and Robinson. The trademark “Carlton Ware” was introduced in 1894, and the company’s factory was renamed the Carlton Works. The company changed its name multiple times and changed hands finally reaching the name ‘Carlton Ware Ltd’ in 1958. In 1966 the company was sold to Arthur Wood and Sons before coming under financial pressure in the late 1980s being forced into receivership in 1989 and production ending in 1992. In 1997 the Carlton Ware brand was resurrected by Francis Joseph of the Carlton Ware Design Centre, Roslyn Works, Stoke-on-Trent. It continues to manufacture novelty items aimed at the collectors’ market today.
Dunhill Lighters specifically the classic petrol lift arm table lighter was introduced by Dunhill in 1928 running until the introduction of gas in the 1960’s. This particular Carlton Wear example was first introduced in the Dunhill catalogue in 1957. The body was created in partnership with Stoke-on-Trent potters Carlton Ware. Carlton Ware produced three different examples to compliment the Dunhill body a fish underwater design, a chinoiserie pagoda design and the spider web as seen here.
Dunhill Alfred Dunhill was Born September 30th 1872. From 1890 Dunhill ran a company that sold motoring accessories through mail order under the name Dunhill’s Motorities. In 1902 he opened a shop on Conduit Street, Mayfair which sold clothing...
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Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Gold Plate, Brass
Mid-century Novelty "Marine Ship & Supply" Cruise ship Enameled Lighter
By Sarome
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Mid-century Sarome 'Cruiser' lighter, shaped like a Cruise ship, features a chrome body enameled red and crème accents and "Marine Ship & Supply" lettering. It includes a thumb strik...
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1960s Japanese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Steel
1970s Gorgeous Smoking Set by Lalique, Signed on the Bottom, Made in France
By Lalique
Located in Milano, IT
1970s Gorgeous smoking set in crystal by Lalique. made in France. The both pieces are signed on the bottom. Made in France. The table lighter works perfectly.
The items are in excell...
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1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Crystal
Royal Hunt Cup Ascot 1955 Winner - Horse Racing Dunhill 'Aquarium' Table Lighter
Located in London, by appointment only
An exceptional and rare Special Commission Dunhill Sporting Horse Racing Half-Giant 'aquarium' Table Lighter in Gold Plate.
The top with raisable arm stamped Dunhill and Reg. No 737418 on the reverse, above the lucite body carved with the victorious horse and jockey. Nicholas Nickleby is shown with his distinctive white sock in the enclosure on the back and winning the race on the front.
Commissioned by the owner of Nicholas Nickleby, winner the Royal Hunt Cup...
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Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Lucite
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