Silver cigar lighters. I quit smoking 20 years ago but by then they were all plastic, anyway.

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Solid silver ball shaped table lighter that is supported on three double scroll feet and sits on a black stone plinth. The lighter has a central burner and three individual removable wands as lighters that can be drawn up to the cigar. In plain polished silver embellished only with a very subtle bead border around the rim of each lighter. Edwardian, 1901. Made in London, England by Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company Ltd. Hallmarked with English marks. Image © 1stDibs.com, Inc. 2023. Fair use license. via https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/decorative-objects/boxes/cigar-boxes/antique-sterling-silver-table-lighter-1901-regimental-cigars-cigarettes/id-f_15589502/
Mixed metal cigar lighter. Sterling silver with applied classical style profiles in gold. Late 19th century, after 1875. American. George Shiebler. Made by the company he founded in 1875. George Shiebler was especially noted for his medallion work, inspired by the excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum, oxidized silver and transparent enamel work. His firm dissolved in 1910. Hallmarked. Image  © 1995-2023 eBay Inc. Fair use license. via https://www.ebay.com/itm/325577720936
Sterling silver monogramed table cigar lighter. ca. 1900. American. Tiffany and Company, makers. Maker’s marks: inscribed Tiffany and Company on the base. Image © 2023 Chairish, Inc. Fair use license. via https://www.chairish.com/product/2431570/tiffany-co-sterling-silver-makers-table-cigar-lighter-circa-1900
Novelty silver table cigar lighter realistically modeled as a Number 5 Mills Grenade. Detachable hand lever, pin with ring handle and loaded base with engraved match striker rim. From the Family Collection of the late Countess Mountbatten of Burma. 1917. Made in Birmingham, England by Deakin and Francis Ltd. Retailed by Wilson and Gill, London. Image © 2023 Sotheby’s. Fair use license. https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2021/the-family-collection-of-the-late-countess-mountbatten-of-burma/a-novelty-silver-table-cigar-lighter-in-the-form

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