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"Touch Tip Streamline" cigarette lighter

(founded in 1886)
about 1937
Object PlaceNewark, New Jersey
Medium/TechniqueCooper or bronze, 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 number2014.1286.3
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)
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