Smoking & Tobacco Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1910 advertising pin for Hassan Cigarettes. Hassan was a Turkish-blend brand absorbed by the American Tobacco Company. The pin is by Whitehead & Hoag, and features the artwork of R. L. Goldberg. There were a slew of these...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful Victorian era meerschaum pipe in its original velvet-lined case. The bowl of the pipe is carved into the likeness of man's best friend, in this case either a bulldog, pug or a Boston Terrier. He has glass eyes and a great...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful circa 1910s member lapel badge for the Tobacco Sellers' Union (Vendedores Tabaco) of Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua. At the center is an emblem for the Confederación Regional Obrera Mexicana, or CROM (Regional Confederation of...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful 1915 Amackassin Club Yonkers, New York, sterling cigarette case awarded for Men's Double Tennis Tournament. The beautifully embellished front shows the entwined initials: "EHH" surrounded by scrolls and floral details. The...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful small cheroot case in 1917-dated Birmingham marked silver. This case was presented by Sopwith, the British aircraft company, for wartime services rendered. Sopwith was an incredibly prolific aviation manufacturer, especially...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful Austrian snuff box in silver from around 1840. The hinged lid of the box shows an engraving of Napoleon Bonaparte on his horse, while the bottom of the box has an intricate striped and scrolling design. The box is in the...

ARTIFACT: This is a match box holder made for the bicentennial of George Washington's birth. Shortly before his death, composer John Philip Sousa wrote and orchestrated a march solely for the grand celebration. Washington, the first President of the...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 2011 presentation lighter given to Admiral Liu Kwang-Kai, Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Service Forces, Republic of China. The lighter is by Fuji and has a nicely enameled medallion of a camel framed by wheat under the...

ARTIFACT: Great circa 1970 Dodge Scat Pack promotional muscle car lighter by Park. The lighter shows an image of a racing bug wearing a helmet and racing goggles and has big muscle car tires and appears to be doing a 'burn out' with smoke details...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1960s Japanese-made lighter for the United States Navy VA-216 ATKRON 216 attack squadron, also known as the "Black Diamonds". The front of the lighter bears a black and white enameled shield with assorted battle weapons...

ARTIFACT: 1960s Raytheon advertising lighter, from the period of the Raytheon Missile program in Vietnam. Factory-engraved. VINTAGE: Circa 1975. SIZE: Approximately 2-1/4" in height, 1-1/4" in width, and 7/16" in depth. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: Cool, early 1960's Submarine USS Nathanael Greene (SSBN-636) Portsmouth Navy Yard lighter, in excellent unfired condition. Commissioned in 1964, SSBN-636 was built at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. During the early 1970's the Nathanael Greene...