Smoking & Tobacco Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a 1951 2nd Infantry Div Korean War Lighter, with factory applied logo of the Division and private jeweler engraved "2nd Inf. Div." on back. VINTAGE: Circa 1951. SIZE: About 1-1/2" in width by 2-1/4" in height by about 1/2 in depth...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II ashtray from the United States Army Tank Destroyer Center at Camp Hood, Texas. The ashtray shows the "tank-eating tiger" crushing a tank in its jaws and reads SEEK... STRIKE DESTROY. VINTAGE: Circa World War II...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1973 "JUMPING AMBASSADORS" US Army Airborne Parachute Team Zippo Lighter with factory engraved logo. VINTAGE: Circa 1973. SIZE: About 1-1/4" in width by 2-1/4" in height by about 7/16" in depth. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Chrome...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1971-72 Vietnam souvenir jeweler-engraved lighter. VINTAGE: Circa 1971-72. SIZE: About 1-1/2" in width by 2-1/4" in height by about 1/2" in depth. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Chrome-plated brass. Jeweler-engraved on front and back...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1952 55th AAA Brigade NCO OPEN MESS lighter from the Korean War Era. The front shows great image of a Anti-Aircraft Artillery Cannon taking aim at a North Korean Mig jet fighter and the back shows a map of Korea and the 38th parallel...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1920s advertising cigar ash tray from Chaffin Optical company of Boston, Massachusetts. The ash tray is in bronze and has a great codfish maker mark on reverse, VINTAGE: Circa 1920s. SIZE: Approximately 11/16" in height and 5"...

ARTIFACT: Very cool 1930's Ð 1940's painted tin cigarette pack protector. The tin features an image of a smoking cigarette, the smoke trail forming the word: "CIGARETTES" along the top. The tin is colored black with cream colored details. The top of...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful antique carved meerschaum boar's head pipe from the 1890s. The pipe has an amber mouthpiece and comes in its original case from Italian maker Luigi Tisiotti. The boar is as shaggy and ferocious as in real life...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful, simple and elegant cheroot case in 800 silver presented by Adrian Dietrich Lothar van Trotha to "Cramer" in Muanza, German East Africa. The case was presented in 1900 while Trotha commanded the colonial force in what is now...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930s advertising cigar box from Neal Motor Company of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The box is dated March 20, 1936 and on the inside of the lid reveals this message: WE APPRECIATE YOUR BUSINESS WE ARE AFTER MORE OF IT. The box is...

ARTIFACT: This is a miniature briar wood pipe made in Italy in the 1950s and is stamped THRIFO BRIAR. VINTAGE: Circa 1950s. SIZE: Approximately 2-3/8" in length and 11/16" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Briar wood, black vulcanite...

ARTIFACT: This is a charming handmade, inlaid wooden mechanical cigarette box from 1930s Havana, Cuba. Delicate geometric designs grace every visible surface and a panel with a painting of the CAPITOLIO slides back to reveal the storage area for the...