Hermes Paris Co. Lighter, Date?, Maker?, MQ Stamp

Hello everyone I could use some help distinguishing the age and craftsman of this Hermes lighter I inherited. I know it's gold plated with some amount of microns, I believe 20 or so. I acquired it from my mother that also inherited an appt. in Paris, France. I believe this was my great grandmothers or grandfathers. There is a stamp I cannot find online and am hoping you all can help. A little detail I found about the stamp is it seems to have the initials of MQ with some kind of leaf in the middle separating the two initials.

 

Oh almost forgot the pictures. I can't upload the pictures on this site due to the MB requirement. So I posted a couple on imgur. Here is the link.


http://imgur.com/a/0y8Nv

 

That's not a Dupont lighter...but it was sold by Hermes.

 

I have seen dupont lighters and they usually have the dupont signature and such. There is none on this one only Hermes with a stamp of a leaf and the initials MQ. I don't believe this is made in partners with dupont.

 

MQ is for Marcel Quercia - looks like Flaminaire was sold by various companies.
here is one with the same marks on the bottom as yours (minus the Hermes name)

http://www.delcampe.net/page/item/i...collectionneur-etat-de-marche,language,S.html

 

Yea that looks exactly like mine. I still can't put my finger on Hermes being on this lighter. I have been searching for awhile on something similar to mine from flaminaire and not dupont connected to Hermes. Thanks for the help all.

I'll look into Marcel Quercia as well.

 

Here is some information on the company
https://translate.google.ca/translate?hl=en&sl=cs&u=http://benzinaky.com/Quercia_E.html&prev=search

 

I think these were introduced in the late 50s or early 60s. The values of old lighters have taken a nosedive since most postal services will now confiscate and destroy any lighters found in mail, even empty and ancient ones. I used to sell old Dunhills on ebay for good prices.

It is advisable to learn how to resize pictures, and the reasons for doing so.

 

I have taken the liberty of cropping your pics so that they can be uploaded to this site. They were huge, 2,361px wide X 3,148px high, before a partial scaling by that site! Also they were running around 748.98KB in weight! There was more background then lighter. After cropping out the background they are now 370+px wide X 650px high and 71KB to 95KB respectively.

--- Susan

 

http://acellie.free.fr/flaminaire.html

 

Thanks so much for the help. I learned alot about the history surrounding this lighter.It has truly made my week. Next I am going to see if it works, then cherish it. Thanks again.