Lighter, cigarette

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OBJECT TYPE: BUTANE/REFILLABLE
DATE: 1960
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2001.0199.001

MANUFACTURER: Crown
MODEL: THIBAULT
LOCATION: Japan

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: ALL METAL CONSTRUCTION, SAVE FIBRE WICK.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 5.3 cm
Width: N/A
Height: 4.4 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Fire Fighting
Category: Miscellaneous
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Crown
Country: Japan
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: North America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: THIS LIGHTER WAS NEVER USED.
Canada: EXAMPLE OF MARKETING OR PROMOTIONAL ITEM GIVEN TO CLIENTS OFPIERRE THIBAULT CANADA LTEE. OF PIERREVILLE PQ.. ESTABLISHED IN PIERREVILLE IN 1938, IT BECAME THE LARGEST CANADIAN PRODUCER OF FIRE FIGHTING VEHICLES, SUPPLYING TRUCKS TO THE USA, SOUTH AMERICA & JAMAICA, AS WELL AS CANADA. THE COMPANY HAS IT'S ROOTS IN THE COMPANY FOUNDED IN 1908 IN SOREL PQ BY CARRIAGE MAKER & BLACKSMITH CHARLES THIBAULT. (REF.2)
Function: MARKETING TOOL, GIVEN TO CLIENTS OF COMPANY. LIGHTER ITSELF PRODUCES SMALL FLAME, USED PARTICULARLY IN ORDER TO IGNITE A CIGARETTE, CIGAR, ETC.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "Thibault" incised on front & back of lighter body. "CROWN" incised in one side of lighter, at top. "CROWN/ DESIGN/ REG'D/ [crown logo]/ JAPAN" incised in base.
Missing: NONE.
Finish: BRIGHT SILVER METAL TOP & BASE; GOLDTONE LIGHTER BODY DECORATED BY RED, BLUE & BLACK FIRETRUCK & RED TEXT.
Decoration: FIRE TRUCK BEARING 'THIBAULT' NAME DECORATES FRONT & BACK OF LIGHTER.

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Crown, Lighter, cigarette, circa 1960, Artifact no. 2001.0199, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2001.0199.001/

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