Vintage Cigarette Lighters

Evans Pocket Lighters

Evans

PATENT: From the mid-1940s through 1952 Evans automatic lighters carried the Ronson patent number - This Patent

Cloisonne / Guilloche: Evans' catalogs refer to their Guilloche lighters as 'cloisonne'. No stretch of the word 'cloisonne' makes the term correct for these lighters.

Limoge: Some lighters, in addition to being referenced in Evans' materials as cloisonne is referenced in other materials a s'Limoges' - French enamel. Limoge is a French city and is also the name for a certain process of applying enamels to copper and pottery.

Here, both Evans' terms Limoge and Cloisonne are referenced as Guilloche.

Evans Automatic Lighter

1929 - Often sold with cigarette case.

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Evans Banner Lighter

Produced from the about 1940 onward.

   Store Display Banner       Store Display Autos c. 1954

Evans Breeze King Lighter

c. 1955

Evans Butane Lighter

Toward the end, the Evans Company made butane lighters.

Evans Carryall Lighter

c. 1954 The purse lighter had the ladies lighter, coin holder, mirror, compact, comb, place for lipstick, and even a very small, flat purse compartment or for cigarettes. Made from about 1949 through the late 1950s in several styles and models

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Evans Cased Lighter

c. mid-1930s

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Evans Clipper Lighter

Produced beginning about 1940

Design Patent for Case    Patent

JHK-0AF c. 1940-1941

Evans Fliptop Lighter

c. 1957

Evans Lift Arm Lighter

In the Evans lift arm lighters, the flint striker wheel assembly is removed to change the flint - see the detail picture. Evans lift arm lighters date from the late 1920s through the early 1930s.

Flint Tube Detail

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IRK-0C0 1929
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Evans Lipstick Lighter

This is a rare example of an Evans Lipstick lighter put out in 1955. Unfortunately, the cap is missing and much of the Guilloche has come off. Still, the pictures of the Guillooche part made a fine example for how this process works.

Evans Oval Spitfire Lighter

Evans Oval lighters were produced as "Spitfire" lighters (as seen below) and also, prior to that, as Roller Bearing and then Trig-A-Lites. The Spitfires date from about 1940 onward.

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Evans Oval Trig-A-Lite Lighter

Produced from about 1934 - 1940

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Evans Petite Lighter

From about 1940 onward

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Evans Roller Bearing Lighter

The Roller Bearing lighters were produced c. 1928 - 1934

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Evans Spitfire Case & Lighter

The Spitfire lighters were produced from 1940 onward

Evans Supreme / King Lighter

Produced from about 1940 onward. In some Evans materials this size is referenced as "Supreme" and sometimes as "King".

Store Display c. 1952

Evans Trig-A-Lite Lighter

Produced from about 1934 - 1940

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Evans Trig-A-Lite Lighter / Case Combinations

  Design Patent for Case    Patent   Design Patent for Case

Evans Lighter

This lighter is one separated from a cigarette case mid-late 1930s.
JWK-00G

Cigarette Case

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