model of cigarette lighter
Datecirca 1933
Inventory NumberRS1422
ClassificationCigarette Lighter
Maker
Frederick Vinton Hunt
1905 - 1972
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensions10.4 × 10.3 × 6.3 cm (4 1/8 × 4 1/16 × 2 1/2 in.)
Material
DescriptionA triangular-shaped base supports two arms in between which is attached a grinding wheel. In the middle of the arms, perpendicular to them is a U-shaped rod that holds at each end a piece of flint. A vertical rod with screw and spring exerts pressure between the flint and the grinding wheel. It was probably mounted on a hard surface.
Signedunsigned
FunctionThis model was not designed to light cigarettes, but rather to demonstrate and test how lighters were made and how they could be improved.
ProvenanceFrom Prof. Frederick V. Hunt, Harvard University, 1970.
Frederick Vinton Hunt
Date: circa 1937
Accessories: wooden base and glass cover; black and white photograph of arm (1998-1-0363b)
Object number: 1998-1-0363a
Frederick Vinton Hunt
Date: 1937
Accessories: black frame
Object number: 1998-1-0363b
Frederick Vinton Hunt
Date: circa 1938
Object number: RS1098b
Frederick Vinton Hunt
Date: circa 1960
Accessories: box
Object number: 1997-1-1150
Frederick Vinton Hunt
Date: circa 1936
Accessories: Used to be two file cabinets, but one was deaccessioned. Cabinet one (deaccessioned) had 4 drawers; Cabinet two (extant) has two.
Object number: 1998-1-1519
Frederick Vinton Hunt
Date: 1930-1945
Object number: 1996-1-0731