RONSON 1930 Junior Sport Second Thumb Model .925 Sterling Guilloche Petrol Lighter
Junior sport petrol lighter designed by Ronson.
This an extremely rare antique pocket petrol lighter created in New Jersey United States by The Ronson Art Metal Work Co. during the art deco period, back in the 1928-1932. This is the Junior Sport pocket lighter Ronson model-86, which was originally designed by Louis V. Aronson. It was masterfully crafted with great proportions in solid sterling silver and embellished with engine turned guilloche patterns. This lighter feature the second finger push button variety. It is in excellent collectable condition.
Period: Art-Deco 1928-1932.
Material: .925/.999 Sterling silver
Finish: Engine turned guilloche patterns.
Ronson Catalogue: Model number 86.
Model: Junior Sport, second thumb model.
Inventor: Louis V. Aronson.
Manufacturer: Ronson Art Metal Work Inc.
Weight: 53.3 Grams, (34.20 Dwt).
Measurements: 67 mm by 37 mm by 11 mm (2.64 x 1.45 x 0.43 Inches). Slightly shorter than the regular ones.
Marks: Stamped with the maker's mark monogram, the mark for the assay and warranty of the .925/.999 silver and signed as follows, "ART METAL WKS INC. STERLING RONSON DE LIGHT PATENTED-1673727 NEWARK USA NJ".
The Ronson Lighter Company
The company started as The Art Metal Works in 1897 and was incorporated on July 20, 1898, by Max Hecht, Louis Vincent Aronson and Leopold Herzig, in Newark, New Jersey. Louis V. Aronson was a huge creative driving force for the company; and, with a few business adjustments, including the addition of Alexander Harris (1910–11) as Business Manager, the company soon became World Famous. In the 1910s The Art Metal Works were producing very good quality Hood Ornaments and gained a reputation as a dependable supplier of same. All accounts state that Louis Aronson was a gifted man, who at 16 years old set up a money-making shop in his parent's home - before receiving a U.S. patent for a commercially valuable metal-plating process he developed when he was 24 years old, and he sold half the rights while retaining the Right to Use. "His experiments, which he has been conducting since his early youth, resulted in 1893 in the discovery of a process for electrically producing tinplate. Much money was expended upon improving the process... and has been of great practical value to the whole industry. Retaining its rights, he sold half the patent rights, and later used part of the proceeds to open the Art Metal Works in Newark, N.J. Soon the company was producing a variety of high-quality Lamps, Book ends, Art Statues and other decorative items, prized today for their detail in the collector marketplace.
Literature: Urban K. Cummings, Ronson, the World's Greatest Lighter: Wick Lighters 1913-1966 Bird Dog Books, California. 1992. Figure 15 Page 15. For this lighter illustrated.
Note: This Ronson petrol lighter is empty of any flammable, gas or butane substances and is ready to be ship by any carrier.
Condition: The overall condition of this Ronson petrol lighter is excellent condition with minimal traces of wear in the silver. This piece was carefully inspected to guarantee the condition and authenticity.
INVENTORY REF: D082325XEEM/1.580
