Vintage Cigarette Lighters

Lighters

R. M. White Co.

Abilene, TX

White Liter

c. 1930 This lighter has a most unusual mechanism! The button that is depressed to cause the lighter to spark and light detaches from the snuffer cap assembly. The snuffer cap assembly is then pulled out of the lighter in order to change flint. Very similar to Lighthouse Liter.
EYL-0CH

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Wifeu

Austria

Wifeu Flatty Lighter

This automatic lighter is extremely thin (barely more than 1/4") - thus the name "Flatty" - showing the city of Wien (Vienna) Austria

Wifeu Tiki Lighter

with cannons denoting 'artillery'
DIM-0AB

Wifeu Table Lighter

c. late 1940s

Patent

Wiesner of Miami, Inc.

Miami Beach, FL

Wiesner Trickette Lighter

c. early 1950s In some instances, Evans lighters were used while others Japanese, non-branded lighters were used.

Wiesner Trickette Lipstick Lighter w/ PearlS & Rhinestones

Willow

Japan

Willow Automatic Lighter

Wind King

Made by Myron Gray, NY, NY

Wind King Fusee Cord Lighter

Early 1940s. Typically these came with 2 extra fusee cords and a glass vial of 16 flints. USAGE:
JWK-0AA

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Windsor

Japan

Windsor Coin Lighter

c. early 1970s
ALL-00G

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Windsor Windproof Case Lighter

EML-00E-S

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Manor (by Windsor) Mini Pistol Lighter

c. mid 1950s
LeK-00E

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Manor (by Windsor) Micro Lift Arm Lighter

To give an idea of size, this tiny lighter is sitting on a penny. Takes a flint, sparks and lights just like any other lighter - but it's difficult to spin the spark wheel because it is just so small!
FXL-00B

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Wright

Owned by Archibald Wright

Wright Matchless Lighter

c. 1911 The working mechanism of this lighter is similar to the Nassau.

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Wright Marvel Striker Lighter

c. 1912

Wyndham

Wyndham Aluminum Block Lighter

EDM-0AF

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Zaima Corp. of America

New York

Zaima Caddy Butane Lighter

AWL-0AE-S

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Zenith

Zenith Windproof Pipe Lighter

Mid-1960s
HPK-0AA

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Zenith Round Butane Lighter

JWK-0AA  

Zephyr Manufacturing

Inglewood, CA

Zemco-Lite Aluminum Block Lighter

c. 1945
AYN-0AA

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Zephyr

Zephyr Windproof Lighter

c. 1946
JBK0AA

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Zippo

Zippo can be a field for collections in its own right. There are sites and clubs for Zippo. This isn't one of those sites; we have nothing against Zippo - but it is just generally our of the scope of this site primarily because there have been only a small handful of versions of the Zippo; they have remained pretty constant over time.

Zippo Windproof Lighter

This lighter carries the date designation on the bottom F and XII indicating it was manufactured June, 1996.  1996 Bottom View

This particular lighter was produced in 1950 as indicated by these factors: Patent Number 2032695 was used on models through 1950 - the 5 barrel hinge was used on models produced between 1950 and 1952. 1950 Bottom View

For information on dating Zippo lighters, see this article: Dating Zippo Lighters

  Patent - Original 1936 George Gimera et al    Patent - Next 1950 Lester Flickinger et al

Zippo Lady Bradford Table Lighter

Early 1950s

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Zippo Corinthian Table Lighter

c. 1960

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Zippo Barcroft Table Lighter

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Zunder SEE Altenpohl & Pilgram