Vintage Novelty Lighters
20thC French Chrome Plated Novelty
Skiier
Lighter By Arthus Bertrand c.1950
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A 20th Century French chrome plated novelty lighter, featuring an engraved skiier in motion on one
Category
20th Century French Other Vintage Novelty Lighters
Materials
Metal, Chrome
$956
H 1.78 in W 1.58 in D 0.6 in
Dunhill
The Light
Novelty Petrol Lighter
Located in London, by appointment only
Dunhill ‘The Light’ novelty petrol lighter in immaculate original museum condition. Stored in a
Category
Mid-20th Century Vintage Novelty Lighters
Materials
Brass
Mid-century Novelty "Marine Ship
Supply" Cruise ship Enameled Lighter
By Sarome
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Mid-century Sarome 'Cruiser' lighter, shaped like a Cruise ship, features a chrome body enameled
Category
1960s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Novelty Lighters
Materials
Steel
$114 Sale Price
40% Off
H 1.75 in W 3.25 in D 0.5 in
Mid Century Modern Novelty Pro Golf Ball Table Desk Lighter
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This mid-century vintage lighter is a unique collectible or gift, shaped like a golf ball and clubs
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Novelty Lighters
Materials
Plastic
$204 Sale Price / item
47% Off
H 4 in W 4 in D 4 in
Novelty hunting horn cigar lighter in sterling silver - made in 1932
Located in London, London
Silver Cigar Lighter, is modelled to look like a hunting horn. The cigar lighter measures 9.5"(24cm) tall
Category
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Novelty Lighters
Materials
Sterling Silver
20th Century American Solid Silver Gimbal Novelty Golf Lighter, circa 1900
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique early 20th century American very unusual, novelty solid silver gimbal golf themed lighter
Category
20th Century American Vintage Novelty Lighters
Materials
Silver
$1,919
H 3.15 in W 9.06 in D 2.76 in
20th Century Novelty "Foot Rule" Lighter By Dunhill, Made In England c.1960
By Dunhill
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
An extremely stylish 20th Century silver plated novelty table lighter in the form of a 12 inch
Category
20th Century British Other Vintage Novelty Lighters
Materials
Silver Plate
$2,056
H 1.19 in W 12.8 in D 0.52 in
JERRICAN Paris 1946 Licensed By Clodion Petrol-Can Pocket Lighter
By Clodion France
Located in Miami, FL
Jerrican petrol pocket lighter.
This is a very unusual novelty Jerrican petrol pocket lighter
Category
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Novelty Lighters
Materials
Brass, Zinc
$908 Sale Price
30% Off
H 1.77 in W 1.38 in D 0.67 in
1940
s Art Deco Partner Wind Up Musical Lighter Red and Black on Polished Chrome
Located in Red Lion, PA
example of 1940s novelty Art Deco design, this Partner musical lighter combines elegance, whimsy, and
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage Novelty Lighters
Materials
Metal, Enamel
$125
H 2.63 in W 1.75 in D 0.69 in
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Vintage Novelty Golf Club Table Lighter Pen Stand, 20th Century
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Novelty chrome plated pen stand in the form of a golf club. The gas fueled lighter can be removed
Category
20th Century British Vintage Novelty Lighters
Materials
Chrome
1941 Sterling Silver
Grenade
Table Lighter by Goldsmiths
Silversmiths Co.
By Goldsmiths
Silversmiths Co. Ltd.
Located in London, GB
Goldsmith’s and Silversmith’s Company, hallmarked 1941
A fine and unusual novelty Sterling
Category
1940s British Other Vintage Novelty Lighters
Materials
Sterling Silver
Italian Silver Novelty Lighter in the Form of a Bird c.1960
Located in London, GB
An Italian silver novelty lighter in the form of a bird c.1960. The beak acts as a handle to reveal
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Novelty Lighters
Materials
Silver
Mid-century Novelty "Queen of Tsawwassen" Cruise ship Enameled Lighter
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Mid-century Sarome 'Cruiser' lighter, shaped like a Cruise ship, features a chrome body enameled
Category
1960s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Novelty Lighters
Materials
Enamel, Steel, Chrome
Novelty Sterling Silver Dragon Cigar Lighter Hallmarked in 1972 by Carringtons
By Carrington
Co
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1972 by Carrington & Co. This fantastic sterling silver cigar lighter takes
Category
1970s English Vintage Novelty Lighters
Materials
Sterling Silver
H 6.3 in W 7.49 in D 2.96 in
Mid-century Novelty "M.V. Queen of Esquimalt" Cruise ship Enameled Lighter
By Sarome
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Mid-century Sarome 'Cruiser' lighter, shaped like a Cruise ship, features a chrome body enameled
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Novelty Lighters
Materials
Steel
H 1.75 in W 3.25 in D 0.5 in
Novelty sterling silver cigar lighter modelled as a dragon - made in 1997
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Sheffield in 1997, this wonderful, Elizabeth II period, Sterling Silver Cigar Lighter
Category
1990s English Vintage Novelty Lighters
Materials
Sterling Silver
H 5.52 in W 21.07 in D 2.96 in
Mid 20th Century Novelty "Foot Rule" Lighter By Dunhill, Made In England c.1960
By Alfred Dunhill
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A mid 20th Century novelty table lighter in the form of a foot long ruler, calibrated in both
Category
20th Century British Other Vintage Novelty Lighters
Materials
Metal
H 12.8 in W 1.19 in D 0.4 in
WILLIE KOOL 1938 The Penguin Figural Bar And Table-Desk Electric Lighter
Located in Miami, FL
tested and is in working condition.
Note: This is an electric novelty advertising lighter, is a very old
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Novelty Lighters
Materials
Steel
H 8.75 in W 4.25 in D 3.5 in
Art Deco Novelty Sterling Silver Cigar Lighter Shaped as a Lighthouse
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1932, this unusual, George V, sterling silver cigar lighter, is modelled in
Category
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Novelty Lighters
Materials
Sterling Silver
Henry C Davis Novelty Art Deco Aladdin Lamp Table Cigar Lighter
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very finely made Art Deco silver table cigar lighter modeled as a classical Roman lamp and of
Category
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Novelty Lighters
Materials
Silver
Vintage Cannon Shaped Iron and Brass Table Lighter
Located in Queens, NY
Vintage cannon shaped iron and brass novelty table lighter.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Novelty Lighters
Materials
Metal, Brass, Iron
Chrome Telephone Cigarette Table Lighter by Peacock in Occupied Japan
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Peacock Chrome novelty telephone table lighter. Marked "Made in Occupied Japan" on the lighter top
Category
1940s Japanese Vintage Novelty Lighters
Materials
Steel
Spirit of St. Louis Brass Airplane 420 Cigarette Lighter Signed Swank
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A wonderfully cleaver cigarette or 420 lighter. The plane was introduced by Swank lighters in the
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Vintage Novelty Lighters
Materials
Brass
20th Century Solid Silver
Hunting Horn
Table Lighter, London, C.1921
By Goldsmiths
Silversmiths Co. Ltd.
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 20th Century Victorian novelty solid silver novelty table lighter, unusually shaped as a
Category
20th Century British Victorian Vintage Novelty Lighters
Materials
Silver
Frank Lloyd Wright Johnson Wax Research Tower Petrol Lighter ** Saturday sale**
By Frank Lloyd Wright
Located in Van Nuys, CA
employees/people in 1947 as a memento. This novelty figural cigar lighter is one of the most important Deco
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Novelty Lighters
Materials
Chrome, Steel
20th Century English Solid Silver Lamplight Shaped Table Cigar Lighter, c.1928
By Charles Edwards
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 20th Century lamplight shaped cigar lighter, rarity and novelty are two words that get us
Category
20th Century British Vintage Novelty Lighters
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Chrome Airplane Lighter
Located in New York, NY
A novelty lighter in the form of an airplane. Chrome plane has a rotating propeller which when
Category
1950s American Vintage Novelty Lighters
Materials
Chrome
Novelty Art Deco
Airman
Table Lighter
Located in London, GB
An unusual silver-plated novelty table lighter in the form of a pre-Second World War airman, in
Category
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Novelty Lighters
Materials
Metal
Silver Plated WW2 Novelty
Jerrican
Table Lighter, French, 1940s
By Clodion France
Located in London, GB
A very unusual ‘military chic’ novelty table lighter, known as the ‘Jerrican’, made to resemble a
Category
1940s French Other Vintage Novelty Lighters
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique Silver Table Lighter
Located in London, GB
An unusual Edwardian novelty table lighter in the form of a bomb suspended by a gimble within a
Category
20th Century English Edwardian Vintage Novelty Lighters
Dunhill 12 Inch Ruler Lighter
Located in New York, NY
A rare and great looking novelty desk, or table lighter by Dunhill. The ruler features a lift arm
Category
1930s British Vintage Novelty Lighters
Materials
Silver Plate
Dunhill Chrome Airplane Table Lighter
By Alfred Dunhill
Located in New York, NY
A Dunhill novelty table lighter in the form of an airplane. When the nose of the plane is depressed
Category
1950s British Vintage Novelty Lighters
Materials
Chrome
"Foot Rule" Table Lighter by Alfred Dunhill
By Alfred Dunhill
Located in London, GB
A very stylish novelty table lighter in the form of a 12 inch (foot) ruler with (unusually) only
Category
1950s Swiss Art Deco Vintage Novelty Lighters
Metre Rule
lighter by Alfred Dunhill, c. 1950
Located in London, GB
A very stylish, silver plated novelty table cigarette/cigar lighter in the form of (an accurate) 1
Category
1950s British Vintage Novelty Lighters
Materials
Silver Plate
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Silver and Silver Gilt Nef Sailing Ship
Located in London, GB
Silver and silver gilt nef sailing ship
Continental, 20th Century
Height 44cm, width 38cm, depth 12cm
Made from silver and silver gilt, this nef, also known as a model ship, is br...
Category
20th Century European Vintage Novelty Lighters
Materials
Vermeil, Silver
Antique Silver Artist’s Paint Box by Harry Atkin Sheffield 1892
By J Aitkin
Son
Located in London, GB
A stunning Antique Silver Artist’s paint box by Harry Atkin, Date Sheffield 1892.
A Rare Miniature travelling paint box in excellent condition. The silver on both the outside and ...
Category
Late 19th Century British Vintage Novelty Lighters
Materials
Silver
Japanese Antique Chest of Drawers 1860s-1900s / Tansu Nightstand Wabi Sabi
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is an old drawer storage made in Japan.
This furniture was made during the Meiji period (1860s-1900s) and is a valuable piece of furniture that has transcended time and remains ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Vintage Novelty Lighters
Materials
Iron
$680 Sale Price
32% Off
H 18.12 in W 23.82 in D 13 in
XX Century Italian Sterling silver domino game in original plexiglass box.
By Gori
Located in VALENZA, IT
Domino game in sterling Silver with the original plexiglass case.
The tiles are sterling silver and were made completely by hand with soldered silver sheets.
28 pieces that perfectly...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Other Vintage Novelty Lighters
Materials
Sterling Silver
$1,431 Sale Price
20% Off
H 0.4 in W 13.78 in D 3.94 in
Vintage Golf Book, F.g. Tait, a Record, by J.l. Low
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Golf Book, F.G. Tait "A Record, Being His Life, Letters And Golfing Diary".
A very well produced first edition golf book, F.G. Tait "A Record, being his life, letters & golfing diary...
Category
Early 1900s British Vintage Novelty Lighters
Materials
Paper
Peter Hertz 1857 Denmark Vesta Cigar Cutter Lighter Box In .925 Sterling Silver
By Peter Hertz
Located in Miami, FL
Multifunctional vesta lighter box designed by Peter Hertz (1811-1885).
Beautiful antique vesta case, created in Copenhagen Denmark at the silversmiths workshop of Peter Hertz in 185...
Category
1850s Danish Early Victorian Vintage Novelty Lighters
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
$1,298
H 2.83 in W 1.26 in D 0.47 in
Where to Eat Pizza
Located in New York, NY
Over 1,000 food experts and aficionados from around the world reveal their insider tips on finding a perfect slice of pizza
From the publishers of the bestselling Where Chefs Eat ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Vintage Novelty Lighters
Materials
Paper
Brass and Abalone Shell Crab Sculpture Trinket Box
By Los Castillos
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Brass crab sculpture trinket box inlaid with beautiful abalone shell. Made in Mexico attributed to Los Castillo.
Usually over time the lid gets broken or lost but is is complete and ...
Category
1970s Mexican Hollywood Regency Vintage Novelty Lighters
Materials
Brass
Chinese Antique mother of Pearl shell silver caviar dish Asian arts
Located in London, GB
A particularly fine Chinese mother of pearl dish with silver bird decoration the underside with silver ball feet
Period Early 20th century
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Vintage Novelty Lighters
Materials
Silver
Black Forest Cuckoo Clock
Located in Nantucket, MA
Carved Walnut Black Forest Cuckoo Clock in form of a Chalet, with applied carved wooden leaves, grapes and bird, circa 1900, with pierced resin hands and numerals. In very fine condi...
Category
Late 19th Century German Black Forest Vintage Novelty Lighters
Materials
Walnut
Amazing Female Cameo Carved Shell
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fantastic hand carved shell with a girl carved out. Fine condition.
Category
Late 19th Century American Adirondack Vintage Novelty Lighters
Materials
Shell
The Rhino Sterling Silver Lighter
By Fratelli Lisi
Located in Milan, IT
Playful true-to-life silver rhinoceros that serves as a lighter other than being a decorative artwork in its own right. Expertly handcrafted by the Florentine silversmiths, the Lisi ...
Category
2010s Italian Vintage Novelty Lighters
Materials
Sterling Silver
Ab Ovo Bench by William Emmerson
By William Emmerson
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
William Emmerson "Ab Ovo' bench with solid bent walnut wood legs, woven leather cording and antiqued bronze stretcher.
Elegant undulating shape and exquisite craftsmanship Handmade ...
Category
2010s American Vintage Novelty Lighters
Materials
Leather, Wood
A Piece of Mars - Martian Meteorite
Located in London, GB
MARTIAN STONE - NWA 14713
Lherzolitic shergottite
127 g
“This 127-gram fragment of the NWA 14713 meteorite displays a green-black mottled exterior. The rock is a martian shergott...
Category
15th Century and Earlier North African Vintage Novelty Lighters
Materials
Stone
Memento mori sculpture depicting a skull, Italy 1700.
Located in Milan, IT
Wunderkammer Memento Mori sculpture. depicting a skull, carved from a single piece of fruitwood, this sculpture depicts a skull with deliberately exaggerated and distorted proportion...
Category
Early 18th Century Italian Vintage Novelty Lighters
Materials
Wood
Pentax Camera Lighter, 1980s Japan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Take home this incredible vintage Pentax Camera Lighter while it's still on the market. Rare and in perfect working condition. Adjustable lighter with a strong flame.
Artist took ex...
Category
1980s Japanese Vintage Novelty Lighters
Materials
Metal
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Vintage Novelty Lighters For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are several options of vintage novelty lighters available for sale. Each of these unique vintage novelty lighters was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, silver and brass. Vintage novelty lighters have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 20th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Vintage novelty lighters are generally popular furniture pieces, but Art Deco and mid-century modern styles are often sought at 1stDibs. Vintage novelty lighters have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by Goldsmiths
Silversmiths Co. Ltd., Hermès and Lancel Paris are consistently popular.
Finding the Right Tobacco-accessories for You
Antique, new and vintage tobacco accessories are not typically works of art, but, even if you’ve kicked the habit, an ornate mid-century modern ashtray, bronze cigar cutter or Art Deco cigarette case — collector’s items, all — will prove to be a unique accent piece for your bar cart, coffee table or mantel.
Cigar connoisseurs know the value of a good cigar box or humidor. Humidors safely store cigars at the right temperature so they don’t retain moisture and deteriorate in quality. Depending on the size and type of cigar, a cigar cutter is also an important accessory for the consummate cigar smoker. There are guillotine cutters, cigar scissors, V-cutters and punch cutters. These tools are useful, but, as part of a 19th-century upgrade for your contemporary desk, antique tobacco accessories are also a fun way to integrate personal expression into your workday. A sleek vintage cigarette case or lighter can introduce some pizzazz to the shelves of your home library or any other surface where you display your collectibles.
While ashtrays might not immediately strike you as interesting and provocative objects that deserve to be part of your decor, these accessories have taken on all manner of forms and styles over the years. Old glass ashtrays, which are quite popular and easily found in free-form, organic shapes, can be a purely decorative final touch when styling a coffee table. Visionary designers such as Isamu Noguchi — one of the most prolific and protean creative forces of the 20th century — popularized the idea of tobacco accessories as art with projects such as his decorative ashtrays.
Discover an extensive collection of antique, new and vintage tobacco accessories for your home today on 1stDibs.
Questions About Vintage Novelty Lighters
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022The first lighter was created in 1823 and was known as the Döbereiner’s Lamp. The first automatic lighter was called a Banjo, following that was the Colibri. Zippo became a very popular brand in the 1930s and is still around today. Shortly after Zippo hit the market, trends shifted from ferrocerium to butane, so you’ll often hear of these lighters referred to as butane lighters. On 1stDibs, find vintage and contemporary lighters from top sellers around the world.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Vintage lighters with decorative designs are sometimes called carved lighters, hobo lighters or trench lighters. The first lighter ever made was the Döbereiner’s lamp, designed by Johann Wolfgang Dobereiner in 1823. You can find a range of vintage lighters on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertMay 5, 2023Typically, to refill a Cartier lighter, you open the valve cap on the top using the grooves or notches, depending on the design. Then, insert the gas refill and press for three seconds. On 1stDibs, shop an assortment of Cartier lighters.
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