Vintage Cigarette Lighters

Unbranded Table Lighters

Table Lighters

1915 Buick Table Lighter

This is a 1915 Buick replica - not a 1915 lighter.
IFK-0AF

50 Caliber Bullet Table Lighter

c. 1945-46 Chrome plated brass 50 Caliber machine gun round with steel bullet shaped tip. Unmarked but likely made by Fox Industries (based on period advertising), Idaho - "Made by veterans"
ACL-0AH

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50 Caliber Bullet Table Lighter w/ Base

c. 1945-46 Brass 50 Caliber machine gun round with steel bullet shaped tip and stand for table.
ACL-0AH

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Bellows Table Lighter

This brass plated steel bellows set has leather sides, just as does a real bellows, with a lighter set in the center. The lighter is activated by pressing the bellows handles together. c. 1950
KHK-0EA

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Brass Table Lighter

This seems to be a knockoff of a very similar lighter produced by Erhard & Sohne - the base is very nearly identical and the lighter design is very similar.
DIL-0A0

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Buddha Table Lighter

 
BLL-0AA

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Calvert Blended Whiskey Bottle Lighter

With authentic labels, this 5" tall lighter is a 1/10 pint bottle - quite possibly an actual used Calvert bottle.
FUL-0AC

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Camera Lighter

This is made in Japan and very similar to the ones made in 'Occupied Japan' so this one was probably made just after 1952 when the Occupied Japan terminology went away. It uses the identical tripod to the KKW Camera made in Occupied Japan and the box is also nearly identical.
JWK-0AA

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Candle Table Lighter

c. 1929 - designed by S. Levine

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Cannon Table Lighter

c. 1965
LeK-00E-S

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Clear Base Table Lighter

Inexpensive lighter with a clear base. The base is open at the top, under the lighter insert, so one can put whatever they want into the base for display.
FBL-0AD-S

Cruise Ship Table Lighter

Small for a Table Lighter... Large for a Pocket Lighter... Circa 1970. When the piezoelectric butane lighter is lit the lights begin to flash and continue for a few moments afterward. See additional photos.
HTK-0CB

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Derringer Style Flintlock Pistol Lighter

c. mid-1960s The same lighter was also made in a model with a longer barrel. Japanese Patent # 204961
AOL-00I

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Empire State Table Lighter

c. late 1940s - early 1950s

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Golf Ball Sterling Silver Table Lighter

c. 1928

Johnson's Wax ResearchTower Table Lighter

c. 1947 the lighters was for select executives, employees and customers. The building was built between 1944-1951 and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1976.

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Knight Table Lighter

early 1930s

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Chrome over Brass Table Lighter

c. 1940s
BAM-0EC

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Brass Lantern Table Lighter

Made in France probably c. late 1930s in the style of a mine worker's lamp.
ESL-0BG

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Microphone Table Lighter

c. mid-1950s

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Nikon F3 Camera Butane Table Lighter

c. 1986. This is a heavy lighter at well over 1 pound as well as being large at 5" wide - 3.25" tall - 3" deep. The body is made of a cast metal material. Neither the camera body or lighter insert has any identification other than "Japan" on the lighter. The box identifies the item as distributed by Spencer Gifts, Pleasantville, NJ.
LKK-0AE

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Giant Lift Arm Table Lighter

This oversized lift arm table lighter, probably from the mid-to-late 1950s, is just shy of 6 inches tall (closed) and nearly 1 1/4 pounds in weight.

Oversize Table Lighter

While they do work, these lighters have little practical value other than shock value due to their size.

Ship's Helm Table Lighter

German - late 1920s - early 1930s

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Ship's Helm Table Lighter

Japan

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Ship's Wheel Lighter

c. mid-1940s Just like the version made by Hamilton.

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Seattle Space Needle Lighter

c. 1962 Marked: Needle Light, Vance Building, Seattle, WA

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Striker Table Lighter

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Edison Stock Market Ticker Tape Table Lighter

The above is the proper name of this lighters as per the original labels on them. Model of the Edison stock ticker. The lighter is covered by a glass dome. All of the gears and springs are purely decorative and do not function or move in any way. A push button on one side opens the lighter, causing it to strike as it opens to produce the flame. Releasing the button closes the lighter. Properly gripping the lighter for opening requires having the fingers where the ticker tape is (explaining why may of these no longer have the tape!) and pushing the button with the thumb.
FCL-0CF

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Gas Pump Lighter

Typewriter Table Lighter

c. mid-1950s

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Unbranded Vu-Lighter Large Table Lighter

Japanese character on cap; 4 1/2" tall (closed).
FQL-0BA

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Unbranded Vu-Lighter Style Table Lighter

JKL-0AI

Wooden Mug Style Table Lighter

c. late 1940s or early 1950s. This is a nicely grained wooden table lighter shaped like a mug with brass lighter and handle. Sometimes sold with a matching cigarette holder.
ELL-0A0-S

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