"Touch Tip Streamline" cigarette lighter
Ronson Art Metal Works
(founded in 1886)
about 1937
Object PlaceNewark, New Jersey
Medium/TechniqueChromium-plated metal, brown 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 number2014.1286.5
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPersonal accessories
Collections
ProvenanceBy 2003, owned by Tom Atkinson, Shelburne Falls, MA ; December 2, 2003, purchased on eBay (item #3255628312) from Atkinson by 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)
