.: Dunhill Silent Flame Table Lighter c.1935 :.

The model is called "fan dancer" or "Sally Rand". The improved "Silent Flame" lighter mechanism was invented and patented by Irving Florman in 1935 in the USA. The invention was known as the electric cigar lighter "of the type wherein a wick is ignited through the heat of an electrical resistance element". Below are instructions on how to use such lighter. It applies to all Silent Flame Lighters made by Parker of London, Dunhill etc.

The lighter takes two batteries. The lighting stick is filled up with lighter fluid. To light, rest the lightning stick upon the metal railing around the top of the lighter, at the same time touch the protruding point of the lightning stick against the metal figure in the center of the lighter so as to make contact.

These are the Parker (right) and Dunhill (left) versions of the fan dancer (or Sally Rand) model. The Parker version shows the figure with a square base. In contrast, the Dunhill version shows the figure with a round base. The Parker silent flame fan dancer model came in 3 variations: chrome figure on a black base, chrome figure on a brown base, and gold figure on a brown base with gold rails. The Dunhill silent flame dancer model also came in a copper finish on a brown base.
(source: http://www.collectorkevin.com/lighters.htm)

.: Jugendstil Pewter Box by Orivit, model 3094, after 1905 :.

Orivit of Cologne was founded in 1895 by Ferdinand Hobert Schmitz, In 1898 the word Orivit was listed as a trademark referring to a new luxury pewter line and Orivit items won acclaim, garnering a gold medal at the Paris World Exposition of 1900 (EN/DE). In 1900 the name of Schmitz's firm was changed to Orivit. Bankrupt in 1905 the firm was purchased by the larger WMF, which continued to produce objects with the Orivit label. The Box shown above is one of these items, marked "Orivit AOG". Many of the original Orivit items appear to have been produced for several years after the WMF takeover, in some cases until 1925 (source: orivit.com).

.: Art Deco Chase Copper Dish with Handle and Glass Insert :.

This vintage piece is from the Chase Copper and Brass Company, marked Chase USA with a Centaur-Archer symbol, and has a nice period look to it. The company produced a line of household goods and decorative objects beginning in the 1930s and commissioned some leading artists like Rockwell Kent. Turning manufacturing to support the war effort, they ended this line in the early 1940s but produced a lot of wares and styles that helped define the movement in America.

.: Art Deco Pocket Clothes Brush, D.R.G.M. :.

D.R.G.M. stands for Deutsches Reichsgebrauchsmuster, meaning that the design or function of an item was officially registered inside all of the Germany states and not only locally registered as it was the case before the introduction of centralized registration. D.R.G.M. registration was introduced and were first issued starting in 1891.

.: Black Bottom Dance :.

Black Bottom refers to a dance, which became popular in the 1920s, during the period known as the "Flapper era".