Vintage Cigarette Lighters

Lighters

C.E. Marshall

England

Lytic Catalytic Lighter

c. 1910 marked C.E. Marshall Has unusual (as compared with other catalytics) mechanism for holding wire and platinum balls.

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Cambridge

Cambridge Catalin Lighter

c. 1939

Camp

Camp Lift Arm Lighter

This lighter is filled by removing the wick, which screws into the top, and filling from there.
HYK-0CG

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Candle

Candle Windproof Lighter

This is an exceptional squeeze type lighter - heavier and better made than almost any other.
KAK-00B

Capitol

The Capitol Lighter

From c. mid-1920s The Capitol Lighter was made in a single version of the lighter itself, which is really just a mechanism (see Patents). However, the lighter shows up in a number of treatments as a table lighter. To the right is one of the earliest Capitol Lighters which is marked 'Patent Apl For' and that dates it to being made prior to deciding on what patent to use. The patent marking always shows up on the thumb lever of the lighter. The original design for this lighter was by Josef Kluss who patented it in Austria (see Austrian patent) in 1925 (filed 11/07/1923), but not in the U.S. Steele & Johnson Mfg. of Waterbury CT produced the lighter in the U.S. as the Capitol Lighter and used an old U.S. patent (Sept 17, 2012) which had similarities but was not the same. So the 'real patent' for this lighter is the 1925 Austrian patent, not the 1912 US patent.

The lighter to the right also has what I believe to be the best base made for it - a beautiful cast brass (possibly bronze) base with an ashtray and a swimmer in relief. For filling, the lighter is removed from the top of the bottle. Other later versions (marked with patent date) are shown below - frequently these have bent levers for sparking the lighter.

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Captain

Japan

Captain 9999 Piezoelectric Jet Butane Derringer Style Pistol Lighter

Has a push button LED light
LeK-00E

Carlton

Carlton Automatic

c. 1928

Patent

Carlton Lift Arm Lighter

c. mid-1920s
BYL-0B0

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Cartier

Cartier Lift Arm Lighter

Cartier Silver Roller Lighter

c. 1940

Cartier 18K Striker Lighter

c. 1925

Cartier 18K Lighter

c. 1938

Patent

Cartier Sterling Silver Table Lighter

c. 1938

Casanova

Casanova 1000 Lift Arm Lighter

Casanova Butane Squeeze Lighter

Casco

Bridgeport, CT

Casco Lift Arm Lighter

This is an especially nice lift arm lighter as everything is covered and enclosed - much more 'pocket friendly' than the usual lift arm! On the down side, the very thin thumb wheel makes it difficult to operate the striker wheel.
 AVL-0C0

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Castle

Castle Battery Light & Lighter

Using 2 AA batteries this unit has a hot electrode activated when the button is pushed to open the center, round area; another switch operates the flashlight. Ordinary flashlight bulbs (2.3 or 2.7 volt) which are obtainable at Radio Shack are used. c. 1960s
 KWK-0BD

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Castor

Japan

Castor Vu-Lighter