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A collection of smoking-related metalware comprising various brass and silver-toned objects. The group includes a brass pocket lighter of trench design stamped Brass No. 5. A circular brass storage container for cigarettes is engraved Davidoff Cigarettes on the lid. Also included is a brass matchbox sleeve featuring an applied enamelled crest for Fort William, Scotland, which includes a blue shield with a crown and crossed branches, flanked by motto ribbons. Further items consist of a lift-arm table lighter with a silver-toned plated body and brass accents, a small brass ashtray with three cigarette rests, and a miniature novelty lighter with a decorative green and red label on a suspension chain. Construction techniques include stamping, engraving, and applied decoration with various mechanical ignition systems.
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