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Technique: Painted
Sphere table cigarette lighter Red enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Sphere table cigarette lighter in 925/1000 gold-plated sterling silver and translucent fire enamel on guilloché, in a modern contemporary style. Piezoelectric mechanism. Dimensions d...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Painted Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Cigarette Case black lines Art Deco style Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Handbag cigarette case in 925/1000 sterling silver with black fire enamel. Opening with spring button. Size cm. 6.3 x 9.7 x 1.5. Weight gr. 215. Created in Art Deco style for Cartier...
Category
1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Painted Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Cigarette Case Art Deco style for Cartier USA in 1980s spring button Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Handbag cigarette case in 925/1000 sterling silver with black fire enamel. Opening with spring button. Size cm. 6.3 x 9.7 x 1.5. Weight gr. 215. Created in Art Deco style for Cartie...
Category
1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Painted Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Rare Cigar Striker Bergman Style Cold Painted Art Deco Arabian Carpet Trader
Located in Reading, Berkshire
An Unusal Cigar Striker In The Franz Xaver Bergman Style Art Deco Cold Painted Vienna Bronze, Arabian Carpet Trader With Camel Mounted on a Black Glaze...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Painted Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Spelter
Cigarette Case light blue cabochon sapphire and hand-engraved finishing Salimben
Located in Firenze, FI
Handbag cigarette case in 925/1000 sterling silver with black fire enamel. Opening with spring button. Size cm. 6.3 x 9.7 x 1.5. Weight gr. 215. Created in Art Deco style for Cartie...
Category
1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Painted Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver, 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 Mid-Century Modern Vintage Painted Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Alabaster
Cigarette Case Black and White Art Deco Style Fire Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Ladies’ cigarette case rectangular convex “olive” shape in 925/1000 sterling silver with black and white fire enamel with Art Deco style design. With “lost” hinge, that is semi-invis...
Category
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Painted Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Two Extra Small Dutch Delft Tobacco Jars: no 5 & 6, 18th Century
By De Klaauw
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
Origin: Delft
Date: Second half of the 18th century
Workshop: De Porceleyne Claauw
A genuine set of two blue and white tobacco jars for the storage of snuff tobacco.
The jars are ...
Category
1760s Dutch Rococo Antique Painted Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Ceramic, Delft, Faience
Salimbeni Cigarette Case with Hand-Painted Fired Enamelled Flowers
Located in Firenze, FI
925/1000 Sterling silver cigarette case with hand-painted fired enamelled floral miniatures inserted in frames with hand-engraved borders, above and below. Jugendstil. Spring-loaded ...
Category
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Painted Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Cigarette Case rounded shaped green fired enamel lines Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular pocket cigarette case in 925/1000 sterling silver with rounded shaped lines, alternately fire enamelled. With spring opening button and lost hinge, i.e. semi-invisible. M...
Category
1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Painted Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Cigarette Case Silver 925 Absolute Striped Salimbeni
By Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Cigarette case silver 925 , striped and oval section in 925/1000 sterling silver. Opening button and spring opening . Early 20th century Art Deco style.
...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Painted Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Large Antique Komai Style Japanese Damascene Cigarillo, Cigar or Cigarette Case
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large antique damascene styled tobacco case is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from Japan and dating to approximately 1920 and done in a Anglo-Japanese style. The case...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Painted Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Metal
Antique Japanese Damascene Komai Styled Yellow Gold Decorated Cigarette Case
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique Japanese cigarette case is signed by an unknown artist, and dates to approximately 1920 and done in an Anglo-Japanese style. This ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Painted Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Metal
Salimbeni Pocket Cigarette Case, 8 Section Sterling Silver Natural
By Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Salimbeni Pocket Cigarette Case, octagonal section, in 925/1000 sterling silver.
Salimbeni Pocket Cigarette Case has a spring-loaded button and opening
Salimbeni Pocket Cigarette C...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Painted Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Black Cigarette Case for Handbag Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Cigarette case for handbag in 925/1000 sterling silver with black fired enamel. Opening with spring button.. Measure cm. 6.3 x 9.7 x 1.5. Weight gr.210. Created in the Art Deco style...
Category
1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Painted Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique Japanese Damascene Cigarette Case with Ornate Mt. Fuji & Dragon Decor
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique cigarette case is unsigned by the maker, but presumed to have originated from Japan and date to approximately 1920 and done in the perio...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Painted Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Metal
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 Painted Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Metal
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Painted Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Gold Plate, Brass
Cigarette Case red lines and and hand-engraved finishing Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Vertical cigarette case in 925/1000 sterling silver with fire-enameled red stripes and hand-engraved finishing. In a modern contemporary style. Measurements cm. 6 x 2.3 cm high. 11. ...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Painted Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Table Cigar Lighter Four-Leaf Clover Malachite Stone Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Table cigar lighter in the shape of a four-leaf clover with frames in 925/1000 sterling silvergold plated and real malachite stone. Piezoelectric m...
Category
1970s Italian Other Vintage Painted Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Malachite, Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Salimbeni Cigarette Case Art Nouveau Style Hand-Painted Miniature Pheasant
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular cigarette case with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fire-enameled and hand-painted miniature by painter Renato Dainelli depicting a pheasant....
Category
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Painted Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique Asian Wood Opium Container with Lid and Brass Pull
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Decorative Antique Asian round wood box container with lid and brass pull.
Vintage collectible Asian wooden tobacco or opium round container.
Round shaped lidded opium container...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Tibetan Painted Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Wood
Vintage Reverse Painted Glass LaPrimadora Havana Cigar Sign, Advertising
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Reverse Painted Glass LaPrimadora Havana Cigar Sign
Offered for sale is a very large oversized vintage reverse painted glass cigar sign that ma...
Category
Late 20th Century Painted Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Art Glass, Giltwood
Vintage Turkish Enameled Bohemian Glass Hookah Base Vase
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Turkish enameled Bohemian glass hookah base vase.
Clear and gold enameled Bohemian glass hookah base, or flower vase.
Bohemian glass hookah ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Islamic Painted Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Blown Glass
Dutch Delft Tobacco Jar: Roozeguer, Early 19th Century, Royal Delft
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
Origin: Delft
Date: Early 19th century
Workshop: De Porceleyne Fles (The porcelain bottle – Royal Delft)
Maker: Hendrikus Arnaldus Piccardt – 1804-1848
A genuine blue and white t...
Category
Early 1800s Dutch Rococo Antique Painted Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Ceramic, Delft, Faience
Italian Mid-Century Modern World Map Globe Pipe Holder Stand
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Super charming piper holder featuring a world map design and two indentations that hold the bowls of the pipe. Certainly a very functional piece that is elegant enough to sit on a co...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Painted Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Ceramic
Ronson 1930 Pik a Cig Magic Penguin Touch Tip Cigarette Dispenser Desk Box
Located in Miami, FL
Art deco magic penguin mechanical dispenser box designed by Ronson.
A beautiful, exceedingly rare and very decorative mechanical dispenser desk box, created in the city of Newark, N...
Category
1930s North American Art Deco Vintage Painted Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Continental Novelty Majolica Pottery Character Lidded Tobacco Jar
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A delightful antique novelty Continental majolica pottery lidded character tobacco jar of a man wearing a fez type hat dating from the latter 19th century. The jar is modeled as the ...
Category
1890s Austrian Other Antique Painted Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Ceramic
Dutch Delft Tobacco Jar with Original Brass Lid: Hanover, 18th Century
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
Origin: Delft
Date: Second half of the 18th century
Workshop: De Vergulde Bloempot (The Gilded Flowerpot)
A genuine blue and white tobacco jar for the storage of tobacco with an o...
Category
1780s Dutch Rococo Antique Painted Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Ceramic, Delft, Faience
Dutch Delft Tobacco Jar with Original Brass Lid: Tonka, 18th Century
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
Origin: Delft
Date: Second half of the 18th century
Workshop unknown
A genuine blue and white tobacco jar for the storage of tobacco with an original brass lid to keep the tobacco...
Category
1760s Dutch Rococo Antique Painted Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Ceramic, Delft, Faience
Delightful Austrian Bergmann Cold Painted Owl Mounted Dish
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A delightful early Art Deco Austrian marble pin dish mounted with two cold painted owls attributed to Franz Xaver Bergmann (Austrian, 1861-1936) and d...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Painted Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Marble
Dutch Delft Tobacco Jar with Original Brass Lid: Fisherman Rappe, 18th Century
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
Delft
Circa 1740
Workshop: De Vergulde Bloempot (The Gilded Flowerpot)
A rare and very early blue and white tobacco jar for the storage of snuff tobacco with a brass lid.
The jar is...
Category
Early 18th Century Dutch Rococo Antique Painted Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Ceramic, Delft, Faience
Two Dutch Delft Tobacco Jars with Original Lids: Varinas St. Omer, 18th Century
By The 3 Bells
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
Delft
1760 – 1790
Workshop: De Drie Klokken (The Three Bells)
A genuine set of two blue and white tobacco jar for the storage of tobacco with an original brass lids.
The jars are in...
Category
1760s Dutch Rococo Antique Painted Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Ceramic, Delft, Faience
Dutch Delft Tobacco Jar: Martiniek, 18th Century
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
Origin: Delft
Date: Second half of the 18th century
Workshop: De Lampetkan
A genuine blue and white tobacco jar for the storage of tobacco.
The brand name, Martiniek, is painted i...
Category
1760s Dutch Rococo Antique Painted Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Ceramic, Delft, Faience
Dutch Delft Tobacco Jar: Stokvis, 18th Century
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
Origin: Delft
Date: Second half of the 18th century
Workshop: De Porceleyne Bijl (The Porcelain Ax)
A genuine blue and white tobacco jar for the storage of tobacco.
The jar is ins...
Category
1760s Dutch Rococo Antique Painted Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Ceramic, Delft, Faience
Extra Large Dutch Delft Tobacco Jar with Original Lid: Hollandia, 18th Century
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
Delft
1760 – 1790
Workshop unknown
A large blue and white tobacco jar for the storage of tobacco with an original brass lid.
The jar is inscribed Hollandia in a cartouche ornated wi...
Category
1760s Dutch Rococo Antique Painted Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Ceramic, Delft, Faience
Extremely Rare Dutch Delft Tobacco Jar with Ships and Original Lid, 18th Century
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
Delft
1760 – 1800
Workshop: De Vergulde Bloempot (The Gilded Flowerpot)
A rare blue and white tobacco jar for the storage of tobacco with an original brass lid.
The jar is decorated...
Category
1780s Dutch Rococo Antique Painted Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Ceramic, Delft, Faience
Dutch Delft Tobacco Jar: Rappee, 18th Century
By Delft
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
Origin: Delft
Date: Second half of the 18th century
Workshop unknown
A genuine blue and white tobacco jar for the storage of snuff tobacco.
The brand name: Rappee, is painted in a...
Category
1760s Dutch Rococo Antique Painted Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Ceramic, Delft, Faience
Pair of Antique Canadian Club Whiskey Advertising Swing Arm Pocket Lighters
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This pair of antique pocket lighters show no maker's signature, but originated from Germany and date to approximately 1920 and done in the period Art Deco style. The lighters are done with a chromed metal and have an egraved and cold-painted logo featuring the Canadian coat of arms...
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Deco Painted Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Metal
19th Century Porcelain Huqqa with Persian Decoration
Located in London, GB
This beautiful porcelain huqqa (or hookah) is of Continental, possibly Russian origin and was created for the Persian market. The item is a historic smoking accessory which is highly...
Category
Late 19th Century Russian Islamic Antique Painted Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
Dutch Delft Tobacco Jar: F Rappe, 18th Century
By Delft
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
Origin: Delft
Date: Second half of the 18th century
Workshop unknown
A genuine blue and white tobacco jar for the storage of snuff tobacco.
The brand name: F Rappe, is painted in ...
Category
1760s Dutch Rococo Antique Painted Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Ceramic, Delft, Faience
19th Century Pink Painted Porcelain Huqqa
Located in London, GB
This beautiful porcelain huqqa (or hookah) is of Continental, possibly Russian, origin and was created in the late 19th Century. The item is finely painted and decorated with photo-r...
Category
Late 19th Century Russian Islamic Antique Painted Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Art Deco Figural Marching Band Drum & Drumsticks Cigarette Table Lighter
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique table lighter is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from France and date to approximately 1920 and done in the period Art Deco style. The lighter is done in a realistic manner and resembles a marching band drum with two drum sticks...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Painted Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Metal, Brass
Fine Antique English South Staffordshire or Battersea Enamel Snuff Box
Located in Lambertville, NJ
An excellent quality late 18th or early 19th century Battersea enamel snuff or patch box. The pink enamel background with white enamel lattice and a raised gold around the hand paint...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Painted Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Dutch Delft Tobacco Jar with Original Brass Lid: Duinkerke, 18th Century
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
Origin: Delft
Date: Second half of the 18th century
Workshop unknown
A genuine blue and white tobacco jar for the storage of tobacco with an original brass lid.
The brand name: Du...
Category
1760s Dutch Rococo Antique Painted Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Ceramic, Delft, Faience
Dutch Delft Tobacco Jar with Original Brass Lid: Straatsburg, 18th Century
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
Origin: Delft
Date: Second half of the 18th century
Workshop unknown
A genuine blue and white tobacco jar for the storage of tobacco with an original brass lid.
The jar is inscrib...
Category
1780s Dutch Rococo Antique Painted Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Ceramic, Delft, Faience
Dutch Delft Tobacco Jar: Straasburger, 18th Century
By Delft
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
Origin: Delft
Date: Second half of the 18th century
Workshop unknown
A genuine blue and white tobacco jar for the storage of tobacco.
The brand name: Straasburger, is painted in a...
Category
1760s Dutch Rococo Antique Painted Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Ceramic, Delft, Faience
Large Mid-Century Era Metal Cigarette Case with World Globe & Compass Decoration
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large cigarette case was made by the well known Wadsworth's of Canada and dates to approximately 1970 and done in the period Mid-Century Modern style. The box is composed of eng...
Category
Mid-20th Century Canadian Mid-Century Modern Painted Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Metal
Signed Mid-Century Modern Biomorphic Shaped Ceramic Ashtray with Swirled Glaze
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This hand-crafted ceramic ashtray is signed with an illegible signature, but presumed to have originated from the United States, possibly California, and dating to approximately 1965...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Painted Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Ceramic
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 Painted Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Tin
1950s Miracle Tip Cigarette Advertising Tin Sign Vintage Red Ratrod Garage Decor
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Mid-Century LM Cigarette Advertising Sign. Still with Bright Colors, and age appropriate wear. This is an authentic vintage sign, and it is mar...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Painted Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Metal
19th Century Painted Porcelain Huqqa Base
Located in London, GB
This beautifully crafted and decorated porcelain huqqa (or hookah) base is of Continental, possibly Russian origin. It was created in the late 19th century for the Persian market.
The huqqa base...
Category
Late 19th Century Russian Islamic Antique Painted Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Royal Blue Opaque Enameled Bohemian Glass Hookah Base
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Royal blue opaque enameled Bohemian glass hookah base, or vase.
Bohemian glass hookah base with overlay enameled in yellow, amber, green, red, and white with additional gilt.
The elegant bell shape bowl huqqa’s base...
Category
Mid-20th Century Asian Islamic Painted Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Glass
A Rare American Art Deco Red CLIMAX Cocktail Smoker Stand
By James Campbell
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 ci...
Category
1930s American Vintage Painted Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Antique Porcelain Huqqa for Persian Market
Located in London, GB
This beautiful huqqa (or hookah), an instrument used for smoking—is a highly collectable antique piece. It created in the late 19th century, most likely in Russia. The huqqa is finely decorated with depictions of Qajar kings, suggesting that it was created for the Persian market.
The huqqa features a bell-shaped base with a ribbed cylindrical top. This is covered by a cup-shaped feature on a knopped stem. The huqqa is crafted from porcelain which is white and finely decorated with deep blue stylised vines, leaves and flowers. Half-length portraits of the 19th century Persian kings, Naser al-Din Shah and Mozaffar al-Din Shah, ornament the huqqa’s base...
Category
Late 19th Century Russian Islamic Antique Painted Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
A Very Fine Takamaki-e Lacquer Cheroot Case in the Manner of Shibata Zeshin
By Shibata Zeshin
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The 'ishime' lacquered case consisting of two conforming molded sections with one sliding overtop the other, both sides decorated with hand painted gilt, silver & burnt dark russet (kasshoku) lacquers, depicting motifs in low relief of a rat with an acorn on one side and two acorns on the opposing.
In Japanese culture rats are considered auspicious symbols of fertility & wealth, acorns symbolize prosperity & growth. Signed with characters and a mon on one edge.
Takamaki-e is a lacquer technique in which metallic powders such as silver, gold, copper, pewter etc., are used in combination with lacquer & clay-dust to build up motifs in low relief.
Please note that the color tones & hues of the lacquered motifs appear somewhat more vibrant in the images due to ambient lighting conditions.
Regarding the opinion stating the superior quality of this fine example being likened to works associated with those by Shibata...
Category
1870s Japanese Meiji Antique Painted Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Lacquer
WILLIE KOOL 1938 The Penguin Figural Bar And Table-Desk Electric Lighter
Located in Miami, FL
Willie Kool desk-table electric lighter.
This is a beautiful electronic bar or desk lighter, created as a promotional item by the Kool Cigarette Company, back in the 1938. The sculptural and elusive electric lighter has been crafted with the iconic figure of the company Willie Kool, in color plastic with parts in metal and fitted with a long electric cord. The figural penguin is in pretty very good shape, in working condition and should be a gorgeous addition to any collection. This will be a great conversation item.
Willie The Penguin
Willie the penguin was introduced in 1934 by The Ted Bates Advertising Agency. During the time there were several other cartoonish spokespersons like Kellog’s Snap, Crackle & Pop, Reddy Kilowatt, and the Campbell’s Kids. Willie’s product line included salt and pepper shakers, ash trays, holders for wooden matches, lighters, and when air-conditioning was introduced, a version was created to suggest customers to enter a storefront because it was “Kool” inside. It has also been debated that a picture of Willie wearing a top hat was the inspiration for the Penguin character in Batman. Regardless, Willie appeared in his own comic books after he was licensed by Standard Comics for six issues, with the cigarette brand dropped from the title. By the ’60s, however, the company had shifted advertising focus and opted for wintry outdoor scenes to promote their business. (Miller Fenwood with thanks)
Materials: Lacquered and color plastic, metal, electric cord and enamel.
Year: 1934-1940.
Weight: 1.5 Pounds, (0.68 Kg.).
Measurements: 89 mm by 114 mm by 223 mm (3.5 x 4.25 x 8.75 Inches).
Marks: "KOOL MILD MENTHOL CIGARETTES".
Note: This lighter is empty of any flammable, gas or butane substances and is ready to be ship by any carrier. This lighter just need a new flint and proper lighter fluid. Was tested and is in working condition.
Note: This is an electric novelty advertising lighter, is a very old vintage Tobacciana...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Painted Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Steel
19th Century Porcelain Huqqa with Bird Paintings
Located in London, GB
This huqqa (or hookah) is a wonderful item which is crafted from porcelain and finely hand painted and parcel gilt. The huqqa was created in the late 19th century, most likely in Rus...
Category
Late 19th Century Russian Neoclassical Antique Painted Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
