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"Touch Tip Streamline" cigarette lighter

(founded in 1886)
about 1937
Object PlaceNewark, New Jersey
Medium/TechniqueBrass, white enamel, felt
DimensionsOverall: 8.9 x 11.3 x 5.7 cm (3 1/2 x 4 7/16 x 2 1/4 in.)
Credit LineThe John Axelrod Collection
Accession number2014.1286.2
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPersonal accessories
Collections
ProvenanceBy 2005, owned by Paul Zisser, Boca Raton, FL; October 15, 2005, sold by Zisser (known through eBay) to John Axelrod, Boston, Massachusetts; 2008, promised gift of John Axelrod to the Museum; 2014, gift of Axelrod to the MFA. (Accession date: October 29, 2014)
Ronson Art Metal Works
about 1937
Ronson Art Metal Works
about 1937
Ronson Art Metal Works
about 1937
Ronson Art Metal Works
about 1937
Ronson Art Metal Works
about 1937
Mounted tile
Low Art Tile Works
about 1885
Tile
Low Art Tile Works
1881/83–95
Tile
Low Art Tile Works
about 1881–1902
Tile
Low Art Tile Works
1881/83–95
Tile
Low Art Tile Works
1881/83–95
Tile
Low Art Tile Works
1881/83–95
Tile
Low Art Tile Works
1881/83–95