A RONSON "TOUCH-TIP" ENAMELED AND CHROMIUM-PLATED METAL COCKTAIL BAR SMOKER'S ACCESSORIES, consisting of a cigarette dispenser, lighter and matchstrike, designed as a tortoise shell, chrome-trimmed bar, with black bartender mixing cocktails in a shaker, impressed 'RONSON TOUCH-TIP U.S.PAT.1986.754' and 'RONSON TOUCH-TIP/U.S.PATS.1,986,754/DESIGN PAT.97247/BRITISH PAT.APPL'D.FOR/CANADA PAT.349,148/ART METAL WORKS, INC./NEWARK,N.J. U.S.A.' --6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm.) high | Christie's

Lot 32

A RONSON "TOUCH-TIP" ENAMELED AND CHROMIUM-PLATED METAL COCKTAIL BAR SMOKER'S ACCESSORIES, consisting of a cigarette dispenser, lighter and matchstrike, designed as a tortoise shell, chrome-trimmed bar, with black bartender mixing cocktails in a shaker, impressed 'RONSON TOUCH-TIP U.S.PAT.1986.754' and 'RONSON TOUCH-TIP/U.S.PATS.1,986,754/DESIGN PAT.97247/BRITISH PAT.APPL'D.FOR/CANADA PAT.349,148/ART METAL WORKS, INC./NEWARK,N.J. U.S.A.' --6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm.) high

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A RONSON "TOUCH-TIP" ENAMELED AND CHROMIUM-PLATED METAL COCKTAIL BAR SMOKER'S ACCESSORIES, consisting of a cigarette dispenser, lighter and matchstrike, designed as a tortoise shell, chrome-trimmed bar, with black bartender mixing cocktails in a shaker, impressed 'RONSON TOUCH-TIP U.S.PAT.1986.754' and 'RONSON TOUCH-TIP/U.S.PATS.1,986,754/DESIGN PAT.97247/BRITISH PAT.APPL'D.FOR/CANADA PAT.349,148/ART METAL WORKS, INC./NEWARK,N.J. U.S.A.' --6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm.) high

Lot Essay

CF. Alastair Duncan, American Art Deco, New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1986. p. 273 for an illustration of a similar model

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