Watch Face on Silver Cigarette Lighter

Creator Abercrombie & Fitch, Eterna (Firm)

Accession number 68.1.20

Unique identifier MNY64203

Description Silver cigarette lighter with watch set into face. Gift from George Gershwin to Ira Gershwin, presented in October 1930 at the opening of "Girl Crazy". Inscription: Engraved on reverse: To / IRA The words / From GEORGE The music. Mark: Marked on base: SWISS MADE / ETERNA WATCH Co / U.S. PAT 1022740 / [undecipherable word] [equilateral cross] 124595 / 0.925.

Dated 1930

Inscription / technical details To IRA the words from GEORGE the music -- Made by Abercrombie and Fitch Co.

Object Type lighter (fire-making equipment), watch

Medium gilding (technique), glass (material), silver (metal)

Signif Assoc Ira Gershwin (1896-1983)

Physical dimensions H: 1 3/4 in. W: 1 1/8 in.

File dimensions 18.3 in × 18.3 in at 300dpi
46.5 cm × 46.5 cm at 300dpi

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