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Touch Tip Lighter

Ronson USA 1938 Art Deco Touch Tip Lighter Junior Bar In Steel & Lacquer
By Ronson Art Metal Works, Louis Vincent Aronson
Located in Miami, FL
Junior barman with touch tip lighter designed by Ronson. An exceptional and very beautiful desk
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Tobacco Accessories

Materials

Steel

RONSON 1938 Art Deco Machine Age Lacquered Deluxe Classic Touch Tip Lighter
By Louis Vincent Aronson, Ronson Art Metal Works
Located in Miami, FL
Deluxe desk lighter designed by Ronson. This extremely rare Ronson Deluxe Classic Touch-Tip
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Tobacco Accessories

Materials

Steel

RONSON 1936 Maltese Art Deco Machine Age Desk Black Clock And Touch-Tip Lighter
By Louis Vincent Aronson, Ronson Art Metal Works
Located in Miami, FL
A Maltese clock & touch tip lighter designed by Ronson. This is an extremely rare Ronson Maltese
Category

Vintage 1930s North American Art Deco Tobacco Accessories

Materials

Steel, Chrome

RONSON 1939 Art Deco Dureum Brass Nautica Desk Touch-Tip Lighter
By Louis Vincent Aronson, Ronson Art Metal Works
Located in Miami, FL
United States. This lighter began a very successful era for Ronson Touch Tip series of lighters which
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Tobacco Accessories

Materials

Brass

RONSON 1935 Machine Age Brown Lacquer Desk Double Box Touch Tip Lighter
By Louis Vincent Aronson, Ronson Art Metal Works
Located in Miami, FL
is a rare double box with two lids with square handles and an integrated touch tip lighter. It was
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Tobacco Accessories

Materials

Steel

RONSON 1937 Art Deco T-T Smoker's Desk Double Box & Touch Tip Lighter
By Ronson, Ronson Art Metal Works
Located in Miami, FL
sliding cases for packages of cigarettes and the iconic touch tip lighter on top. The piece is extremely
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Tobacco Accessories

Materials

Enamel, Steel, Chrome

Ronson USA 1935 Art Deco Black Lacquered Desk Box With Octette Touch Tip Lighter
By Ronson Art Metal Works, Louis Vincent Aronson
Located in Miami, FL
removable iconic Octette Touch Tip lighter. It was designed with strong geometric patterns and crafted in
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Cigar Boxes and Humidors

Materials

Steel, Chrome

RONSON USA 1935 Machine Age Brown Lacquer Desk Double Box With Touch Tip Lighter
By Louis Vincent Aronson, Ronson Art Metal Works
Located in Miami, FL
is a rare double box with two lids with square handles and an integrated touch tip lighter. It was
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Tobacco Accessories

Materials

Steel

1935 Art Deco Tortoise Smokers Set Tray, Cigarette Case w/ Lighter by Ronson
By Ronson
Located in Van Nuys, CA
faux tortoise finish inlay cover, a desk box, and an Octette touch tip lighter by Ronson. This desk
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Vintage 1930s American Tobacco Accessories

Materials

Steel, Chrome

Ronson 1936 Art Deco Tourette Geometric Bronze Table Touch Iip Lighter
By Ronson Art Metal Works
Located in Miami, FL
A bronze Tourette desk lighter designed by Ronson. Very rare desk table Touch-Tip lighter, created
Category

Vintage 1930s North American Art Deco Desk Sets

Materials

Bronze

Ronson 1939 Art Deco Table Touch Tip Octette Lighter Machine Age Bakelite Steel
By Ronson Art Metal Works, Louis Vincent Aronson
Located in Miami, FL
An Octette desk lighter designed by Ronson. This Ronson Touch-Tip Octette table lighter was made
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Tobacco Accessories

Materials

Steel, Chrome

Ronson 1935 Buffalo Touch Tip Striker Lighter In Black Cast Steel & Chrome
By Ronson Art Metal Works, Louis Vincent Aronson
Located in Miami, FL
Desk buffalo touch tip Striker designed by Ronson. The striker lighters made by Ronson are famous
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Vintage 1930s North American Art Deco Tobacco Accessories

Materials

Steel, Chrome

RONSON 1935 Elephant Touch-Tip Striker Lighter Black Cast Steel & Chromed Steel
By Ronson Art Metal Works, Louis Vincent Aronson
Located in Miami, FL
Desk elephant Striker Lighter designed by Ronson. The striker lighters made by Ronson are famous
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Tobacco Accessories

Materials

Steel, Chrome

Ronson USA 1935 Art Deco Brown Lacquered Desk Box With Touch Tip Striker
By Ronson Art Metal Works, Louis Vincent Aronson
Located in Miami, FL
-USA-ART METAL WORKS INC. RONSON-TOUCH-TIP ". The Ronson Lighter Company The company started as The
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Cigar Boxes and Humidors

Materials

Steel

1935 ArtDeco Smokers Set Tray, Cigarette Case w/ Lighter by Ronson
By Ronson
Located in Van Nuys, CA
with an Octette Touch Tip Lighter by Ronson. This desk box features a sleek, black lacquered finish
Category

Vintage 1930s American Ashtrays

Materials

Steel

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Ronson Scotty Dog Touch Tip Lighter and Clock Tower
By Ronson Art Metal Works
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This rare Ronson tabletop lighter set, made circa 1935 features the well-known octette touch tip
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Tobacco Accessories

Ronson 1936 Maltese Art Deco Machine Age Black Clock Touch Tip Lighter
By Louis Vincent Aronson, Ronson Art Metal Works
Located in Miami, FL
A Maltese clock & touch tip lighter designed by Ronson. This is an extremely rare Ronson Maltese
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Steel, Chrome

RONSON 1938 Art Deco Machine Age Lacquered Deluxe Classic Touch Tip Lighter
By Ronson Art Metal Works, Louis Vincent Aronson
Located in Miami, FL
Deluxe desk lighter designed by Ronson. This extremely rare Ronson Deluxe Classic Touch-Tip
Category

Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Tobacco Accessories

Materials

Steel, Chrome

RONSON 1939 Art Deco Dureum Brass Nautical Desk Touch-Tip Lighter
By Louis Vincent Aronson, Ronson Art Metal Works
Located in Miami, FL
United States. This lighter began a very successful era for Ronson Touch Tip series of lighters which
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Tobacco Accessories

Materials

Brass, Steel

Ronson 1938 Art Deco Machine Age Geometric Deluxe Classic Desk Touch Tip Lighter
By Ronson, Ronson Art Metal Works
Located in Miami, FL
A Deluxe desk lighter designed by Ronson. This extremely rare Ronson Deluxe Classic Touch-Tip
Category

Vintage 1930s North American Art Deco Tobacco Accessories

Materials

Enamel, Steel, Chrome

Ronson 1939 Art Deco Cigarette Dispenser Lacquered Desk Box Touch Tip Lighter
By Ronson Art Metal Works
Located in Miami, FL
touch tip lighter. It was designed with strong geometric patterns and crafted with parts made up in
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Cigar Boxes and Humidors

Materials

Bronze, Steel

RONSON USA 1935 Art Deco Black Lacquered Desk Double Box & Touch Tip Lighter
By Louis Vincent Aronson, Ronson Art Metal Works
Located in Miami, FL
is a rare double box with two lids with square handles and an integrated touch tip lighter. It was
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Cigar Boxes and Humidors

Materials

Steel, Chrome

Ronson USA 1935 Art Deco Brown Lacquered Desk Double Box with Touch Tip Lighter
By Ronson Art Metal Works
Located in Miami, FL
is a rare double box with two lids with square handles and an integrated touch tip lighter. It was
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Cigar Boxes and Humidors

Materials

Steel, Stainless Steel

Ronson USA 1937 Art Deco Mechanical Cigarette Dispenser Box Touch Tip Lighter
By Louis Vincent Aronson, Ronson Art Metal Works
Located in Miami, FL
maker's mark and signed, "FASHIONED BY RONSON NEWARK NJ RONSON TOUCH-TIP-US PATS 1.986.754-DESIGN PAT
Category

Vintage 1930s North American Art Deco Cigar Boxes and Humidors

Materials

Bronze, Chrome, Enamel

Ronson Art Deco Bartender Touch Tip Cigarette Lighter & Box
By Ronson
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Rare circa 1936 Ronson desk top Touch-Tip lighter featuring a Jazz era bartender shaking a martini
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Tobacco Accessories

Vintage 1939 Art Deco Ronson Touch Tip Table Cigarette Lighter
By Ronson
Located in Van Nuys, CA
delivery mechanism works as it should. The Touch Tip lighter mechanism throws a spark every time, but the
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Tobacco Accessories

Materials

Chrome

Ronson 1938 Art Deco Table Touch Tip Octette Lighter Machine Age Geometric
By Ronson Art Metal Works, Louis Vincent Aronson
Located in Miami, FL
An Octette desk lighter designed by Ronson. This Ronson Touch-Tip Octette table lighter was made
Category

Vintage 1930s North American Art Deco Tobacco Accessories

Materials

Enamel, Steel

RONSON USA 1939 Art Deco Lacquered Cigarette Dispenser Desk Box Touch Tip Light
By Ronson Art Metal Works, Louis Vincent Aronson
Located in Miami, FL
touch tip lighter. It was designed with strong geometric patterns and crafted with parts made up in
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Tobacco Accessories

Materials

Bronze, Steel, Stainless Steel, Chrome

Vintage Ronson Octette Touch-Tip Table Lighter Art Deco White Enamel 1950s
Located in DELFT, NL
Rare Vintage Ronson Octette Touch Tip Table Lighter 1950s This Ronson Octette touch-tip table
Category

Vintage 1950s British Art Deco Vanity Items

Materials

Enamel

RONSON 1936 Art Deco Maltese Small Dial Clock With Touch-Tip Lighter
By Ronson Art Metal Works, Louis Vincent Aronson
Located in Miami, FL
A Maltese clock & touch tip lighter designed by Ronson. This is an extremely rare Ronson Maltese
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Steel, Chrome

Ronson 1936 Maltese Art Deco Machine Age Black Clock With Touch Tip Lighter
By Ronson Art Metal Works, Louis Vincent Aronson
Located in Miami, FL
A Maltese clock & touch tip lighter designed by Ronson. This is an extremely rare Ronson Maltese
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Steel, Chrome

Ronson 1936 Maltese Art Deco Machine Age Small Dial Clock With Touch-Tip Lighter
By Ronson Art Metal Works, Louis Vincent Aronson
Located in Miami, FL
A Maltese clock & touch tip lighter designed by Ronson. This is an extremely rare Ronson Maltese
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Steel, Chrome

Ronson 1936 Art Deco Maltese Machine Age Small Dial Clock With Touch-Tip Lighter
By Ronson Art Metal Works, Louis Vincent Aronson
Located in Miami, FL
A Maltese clock & touch tip lighter designed by Ronson. This is an extremely rare Ronson Maltese
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Steel

Ronson 1938 Type 2 Art Deco Mechanical Cigarette Dispenser Box Touch Tip Lighter
By Ronson Art Metal Works
Located in Miami, FL
geometric variants at the touch tip lighter section. Note: This piece is empty of any flammable, gas or
Category

Vintage 1930s North American Art Deco Tobacco Accessories

Materials

Steel, Chrome

RONSON 1936 Deco Mechanical Cigarette Dispenser Desk Box & Touch Tip Lighter
By Ronson Art Metal Works
Located in Miami, FL
Art deco machine age dispenser box with touch-tip made by Ronson. An exceptional and very
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Tobacco Accessories

Materials

Enamel, Steel, Chrome

Ronson USA 1935 Art Deco Black Lacquered Desk Double Box with Touch Tip Lighter
By Ronson Art Metal Works
Located in Miami, FL
is a rare double box with two lids with square handles and an integrated touch tip lighter. It was
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Cigar Boxes and Humidors

Materials

Steel

Ronson USA 1936 Art Deco Mechanical Cigarette Dispenser Box & Touch Tip Lighter
By Ronson, Ronson Art Metal Works
Located in Miami, FL
: Stamped with the maker's mark and signed, "FASHIONED BY RONSON NEWARK NJ RONSON TOUCH-TIP-US PATS
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Cigar Boxes and Humidors

Materials

Bronze, Enamel, Steel

Art Deco Bartender Touch Tip Ronson Cigarette Lighter Circa 1930's
By Ronson
Located in London, GB
A Ronson desk top Touch-Tip lighter featuring a Jazz era bartender shaking a martini behind his
Category

Vintage 1930s Central American Art Deco Barware

Materials

Metal

Ronson Art Deco Combination Humidor and Touch Tip Table Lighter Black and Chrome
By Ronson, Louis Vincent Aronson
Located in Chicago, IL
This Art Deco smoking accessory is a combination humidor and touch tip lighter by Ronson. It has a
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Tobacco Accessories

Materials

Metal, Chrome

Ronson 1938 Art Deco Machine Age Black Geometric Deluxe Classic Touch Tip Lighte
By Louis Vincent Aronson, Ronson Art Metal Works
Located in Miami, FL
A Deluxe desk lighter designed by Ronson. This extremely rare Ronson Deluxe Classic Touch-Tip
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Tobacco Accessories

Materials

Steel, Chrome

Ronson 1940 Art Deco Machine Age Geometric Table Touch Tip Octette Lighter
By Ronson Art Metal Works, Ronson
Located in Miami, FL
A desk lighter designed by Ronson. This Ronson Touch-Tip Octette table lighter was made between
Category

Vintage 1930s North American Art Deco Tobacco Accessories

Materials

Enamel, Steel, Chrome

Ronson 1919 Art Deco WWI Renault Tank Table Touch Tip In Solid Patinated Bronze
By Ronson Art Metal Works, Louis Vincent Aronson
Located in Miami, FL
An WWI tank desk touch tip lighter designed by Ronson. This very rare Ronson Touch-Tip table
Category

Vintage 1910s American Art Deco Tobacco Accessories

Materials

Bronze, Copper

Austrian Empire 1872 Touch Tip Petrol Striker Pre-Lighter Sterling Silver by TCW
Located in Miami, FL
Touch tip petrol Pre lighter made in Austria. A stunning highly collectable piece, created in
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Antique 1870s Austrian Late Victorian Tobacco Accessories

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

Sterling Silver Ronson Touch Tip Table Lighter
By Ronson
Located in New York, NY
Amazing and very rare Ronson 'Touch Tip' model table lighter that unlike the vast majority was
Category

Vintage 1930s British Art Deco Tobacco Accessories

Ronson American Art Deco Touch-Tip Bar Lighter
Located in Coral Gables, FL
The icon of all American art deco table lighters, this 1936 beauty has a bartender with shaker
Category

20th Century American Barware

Materials

Metal

Art Deco Ronson Black Bartender Touch Tip Cigarette Lighter
Located in Pasadena, CA
This desirable Ronson figural lighter features a black bartender rendered in iconographic darky
Category

Vintage 1930s American Tobacco Accessories

Materials

Chrome

Ronson Bartender Cigarette Compendium
By Ronson
Located in Warlingham, GB
An original and now rare Ronson Touch Tip bartender lighter and cigarette box. Black patinated
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco More Desk Accessories

Materials

Metal

Ronson Bartender Cigarette Compendium
Ronson Bartender Cigarette Compendium
H 6.75 in W 6 in D 3.25 in
Ronson Junior Bartender touch - tip lighter
By Louis Vincent Aronson
Located in Dallas, TX
Great working lighter. Ronson cat # 16267, ca. 1937 Very good condition.
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Barware

Trio Ronson Machine Age Cigarette Box or Lighter Combos Art Deco Smokerama
By Louis Vincent Aronson
Located in Dallas, TX
1) Large touch-tip cigarette dispenser or lighter. Introduced in 1936, catalog # 16255. Measures
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Tobacco Accessories

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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Tobacco Accessories

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Touch Tip Lighter For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal touch tip lighter for your home. A touch tip lighter — often made from metal, steel and lacquer — can elevate any home. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect touch tip lighter — we have versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. A touch tip lighter, designed in the Art Deco or Victorian style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. Ronson and Louis Vincent Aronson each produced at least one beautiful touch tip lighter that is worth considering.

How Much is a Touch Tip Lighter?

The average selling price for a touch tip lighter at 1stDibs is $1,547, while they’re typically $498 on the low end and $6,750 for the highest priced.

A Close Look at Art-deco Furniture

Art Deco furniture is characterized by its celebration of modern life. More than its emphasis on natural wood grains and focus on traditional craftsmanship, vintage Art Deco dining chairs, tables, desks, cabinets and other furniture — which typically refers to pieces produced during the 1920s and 1930s — is an ode to the glamour of the “Roaring Twenties.” 

ORIGINS OF ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGN

CHARACTERISTICS OF ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGN

  • Bold geometric lines and forms, floral motifs
  • Use of expensive materials such as shagreen or marble as well as exotic woods such as mahogany, ebony and zebra wood
  • Metal accents, shimmering mirrored finishes
  • Embellishments made from exotic animal hides, inlays of mother-of-pearl or ivory

ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW

VINTAGE ART DECO FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS

Few design styles are as universally recognized and appreciated as Art Deco. The term alone conjures visions of the Roaring Twenties, Machine Age metropolises, vast ocean liners, sleek typography and Prohibition-era hedonism. The iconic movement made an indelible mark on all fields of design throughout the 1920s and ’30s, celebrating society’s growing industrialization with refined elegance and stunning craftsmanship.

Widely known designers associated with the Art Deco style include Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann, Eileen Gray, Maurice Dufrêne, Paul Follot and Jules Leleu.

The term Art Deco derives from the name of a large decorative arts exhibition held in Paris in 1925. “Art Deco design” is often used broadly, to describe the work of creators in associated or ancillary styles. This is particularly true of American Art Deco, which is also called Streamline Moderne or Machine Age design. (Streamline Moderne, sometimes known as Art Moderne, was a phenomenon largely of the 1930s, post–Art Nouveau.)

Art Deco textile designers employed dazzling floral motifs and vivid colors, and while Art Deco furniture makers respected the dark woods and modern metals with which they worked, they frequently incorporated decorative embellishments such as exotic animal hides as well as veneers in their seating, case pieces, living room sets and bedroom furniture.

From mother-of-pearl inlaid vitrines to chrome aviator chairs, bold and inventive works in the Art Deco style include chaise longues (also known as chaise lounges) and curved armchairs. Today, the style is still favored by interior designers looking to infuse a home with an air of luxury and sophistication.

The vintage Art Deco furniture for sale on 1stDibs includes dressers, coffee tables, decorative objects and more.