Cigarette lighter, Torpedo

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Cigarette lighter, Torpedo
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  • Title :     Cigarette lighter, Torpedo
  • Artist:     Unknown, Designer Sanders & Mackenzie Manufacturer
  • Accession:     83.15.29
  • Country:     England Birmingham Great Britain
  • Date:     1936
  • Dimensions:     Inches 10-1/4 5-3/4 diameter, Centimeters 26.0 14.6 diameter
  • Collection:     Object
  • Category:     Industrial Design
  • Collection Theme:     War and Political Propaganda
  • Subject:     War/Military , Metal/Metal Design , World War II 1940-1945
  • Credit Line:     The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
  • URL:     83.15.29.JPG
  • Tags:     War and Political Propaganda~Industrial Design
Description:
Chromed metal battery operated lighter in the form of a torpedo with wooden battery casing inside, hinged lid with propeller at nose to uncover flint and wick, cardboard box inside with spare part.