Featured Mystery Cigarette Bottle Lighter

Another old-time puzzler? This is butane cigarette lighter in a real glass liqueur bottle. (bottle apears to date to the 1960s) It has a spring loaded mechanism in the base that pops out when you pick up the bottle and creates a spark to light the butane. I can’t seem to find anything like it on the net? The base is marked “BRONICA sole disturber DELFINO PROUDCTS NEW YORK” Anyone ever see anything like this?

 

I've had a couple similars over the years

I'd say more like mid '70s

 

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/champagne-bottle-bronica-gas-table-1877544186 someone sold one on ebay in 2017 for $90.

 

Thanks for the info! Its just a rather odd item and not really much information on the company who made the. Its nice to see what a new one looked like!

 

Wine & spirits tchotchke. A little sales incentive. One way to date these types of items is by the distributor. But Browne-Vintners had MARTELL's U.S. distribution rights for a long time, at least since 1957 according to The New York Times. I'd think 1970s too.

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