RONSON 1929 Art Deco New Yorker Skyscraper Desk Lighter In Chrome
New Yorker Skyscraper Desk Lighter designed by Ronson.
This is a beautiful and iconic desk lighter, created in New Jersey United States by The Ronson Metal Works Co. during the art deco period, back in the 1929. This is the very rare New Yorker Skyscraper desk Lighter made in three-dimensions with stepped patterns. It was designed with strong geometric shapes and crafted with parts made up in solid chromed steel. It is extremely well made with solid construction and with very nice care and attention to all details. This surely is a very decorative collectors piece and a great conversation item.
Maker: Ronson, New Yorker.
Material: Chromed steel and green felt.
Date: 1929.
Period: Art Deco.
Weight: 266 Grams, (1/4 Pound).
Measurements: 55 mm by 55 mm by 76 mm (2.18 x 2.18 x 3.02 Inches).
Marks: Stamped with the maker's mark and signed, "-RONSON-TOUCH-TIP US PATS 1986,754- BRITISH PAT APPL'D FOR-CANADA PAT.349.108 ART METAL WORKS INC NEWARK NJ, USA-"
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. illustration 240, page 240, for this exact model Illustrated.
Note: This model was produced in several color and materials.
Note: This piece is empty of any flammable, gas or butane substances and is ready to be ship by any carrier.
Condition: The overall condition of this box is very good. Beside the little normal wear, there is in great condition with all parts. This piece has been carefully inspected to guarantee the condition and authenticity.
INVENTORY REF: D090224ANNL/.8978
