Vintage Cigarette Lighters

Unbranded General Pocket Lighters

General Pocket Lighters

Very Old Wheel Ligher

c. 1915 This lighter uese a patent granted in 1912. All sorts of lighters used this patent - including lift arm lighters - and many, if not most, of the lighters using the patent did not even resemble the drawings in the patent; this ia a case in point. The finish as help up really well - as it should as it is marked E.P.N.S. (electro plated nickel silver) and the plating is probably all gone, but the base nickel silver looks great! The lighter is marked P&B - possibly a manufacturer.
ENL-0FH

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Unbranded Cast Metal Lighter

While this greatly resembles the frequently seen aluminum block lighters, this is a cast metal lighter - probably a 'pot metal' of some sort. Very compact at only 1.125" square.
CIM-00H

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Dual Flint Aluminum Lighter

Post WW2 - made in Austria w/ U. S. Army occupation forces insignia. The snuffer cap for this example is missing. This is very similar to models made in Great Britain that had holes rather than slots for air passage to the fire chamber. Another similar lighter, the Tandem, was made in Poland.
 JIK-0AE

Austrian Sterling Silver Lift Arm Lighter

c. 1926 - 1928

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Automatic Lighter w/ Cigar Cutter

German c. 1912

Automatic Lighter

Automatic Lighter

French Pocket Lighter

These Art Deco lighters sport a French tax seal which dates them to pre-WW2 - c. mid-late 1930s.

Striker Lighter

c. 1920s Squibb Shaveing Cream Advertising - E.R. Squibb & Sons
xxx-0B0

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Early Simple Wheel Lighter with Flip Cap

c. 1920 Marked as made in Germany - chrome over brass. Very similar to the Potter Lift Arm Lighter which appeared in the late 1920s.
EEL-0BB

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Squeeze Activated Automatic Lighter w/ Retractable Windscreen

Slide Sleeve Lighter (frequently referred to as Trench Lighter)

Vu-Lighter Knockoff

Marked H on cap; 3 vent holes in chimney

Unbranded Vu-Lighter Knockoff

No markings on cap; 4 vent holes in chimney

Lift Arm Lighter

Spirit of St. Louis Windproof Lighter

These lighters commemorate the Spirit of St. Louis of 1927 but are far removed from that date - most likely produced in the late 1990s

Case & Lighter

With the very popular Leaping Gazelles motif of the late 1940s. Made in Japan.
AaL-00D

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Miniature Case Lighter

This lighter is sitting on a penny - to give you an idea of its size.
JYK-00D

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WW2 era Black Crackel Finish Case Lighter

This lighter is sitting on a penny - to give you an idea of its size.
HbL-00E

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Electric / Butane Torch

China - c. 2000 - When the button is pushed a small coil is rapidly heated to glowing and a stream of butane gas is released making a torch effect.
HUK-00G-S

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Electric / Butane Torch

China - c. 2000 - When the button is pushed a small coil is rapidly heated to glowing and a stream of butane gas is released making a torch effect.
HUK-00G-S

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