Antique rare silver-plated table cigar lighter, Napoleon III style

  

Very beautiful silver cigar table lighter. This is a table or counter match holder used to light cigars in salons or gentlemen’s clubs. This type of precious yet unnecessary object was very fashionable as an ostentatious display of luxury applied to non-essential items. The fact that it was made of solid silver only confirms the value of the piece.

All accessories are original and undamaged. A very rare tobacco-related object in this material, a great symbol of bourgeois splendor under Napoleon III.

Dimensions: height 14.5 cm, diameter 9 cm, weight 295 g.