Ronson 1939 Art Deco Table Touch Tip Octette Lighter Machine Age Steel And Bakelite

An Octette desk lighter designed by Ronson. This Ronson Touch-Tip Octette table lighter was made between 1935 and 1951 by the Ronson Art Metal Works Inc. located in Newark, New Jersey in the United States. This lighter began a very successful era for Ronson Touch Tip series of lighters which pushed out the strike lighters from the market. During the years the Octette model changed slightly: at the beginning it was manufactured with a rectangular cover over the flint wheel and a round-shaft wand. Since the 1942 the cover over the flint wheel was a half circled and the wand had a square shaft and a tapered cone knob like this one. A fabulous Art Deco / Machine Age design, crafted with streamline patterns. Solid construction in polished chrome and the metal body in brown bakelite and the lighter base is padded with green felt. This surely is a very decorative piece and a great conversation item in gorgeous and exceptional preserved and almost mint condition. Weight: 375.40 Grams, (0.83 Po