Smoking & Tobacco Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a cigar/cigarette ashtray from the Coral Island Hotel in Bermuda. The hotel was formerly the Frascati and was later torn down to make way for condominiums. The ashtray is from the...

ARTIFACT: This is a Frank Jones Ale advertising pipe holder from the 1890s. Frank Jones was an iconic figure, businessman and politico in the latter half of the 19th and early 20th century New...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful and near mint advertising match safe for Hanley's Peerless Ale of the James Hanley Brewery Company of Providence, Rhode Island. This safe dates form the pre-Prohibition...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful circa 1895 match holder/striker advertising T,B, Hall & Company Export Bottlers of Ale & Stout of Liverpool, England. The holder is made by Wedekind & Company of London...

ARTIFACT: This is a Chance Vought Aircraft Company cigarette pack holder/protector from World War II. Chance Vought was a New York company that changed its name to Chance Vought five years after its...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa World War II cigar ashtray fashioned from piston made by Wright Aircraft Engines. The piston is well suited to its repurposed form: it has thick walled sides, depressions...

ARTIFACT: This is a great World War II Zippo lighter with the United States Navy WAVES anchor and propeller insignia applied upon the front. The WAVES, or the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1973 lighter for the United States Navy ship USS Ranger CVA-61, presented by the Commanding Officer. Launched during the Cold War on September 29, 1956, Ranger was the first...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1975 United States Navy USS Preble (DDG-46) belt buckle. The USS Preble was a destroyer laid down at Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine and launched May 23, 195She was...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1970 United States Navy ship lighter for the USS Coral Sea CVA-43, an aircraft carrier launched on April 2, 194Adopted by the Golden Gate City in 1967, the carrier was known...

ARTIFACT: This is a factory-engraved United States Navy ship lighter made by the Zippo Manufacturing Corporation of Bradford, PA. It was made for the United States Ship Samuel B. Roberts FFG 5The...

ARTIFACT: This is a near mint and unfired circa 1977 United States Navy ship Zippo lighter for the USS Long Beach CGN-Launched April 28, 1955, the Long Beach was a nuclear-powered guided missile...