Bidspirit auction | An Assortment of Vintage Smoking

An Assortment of Vintage Smoking Accessories and Nautical Matchboxes - A collection of vintage smoking accessories and tobacciana comprising a wooden box, two cigar cutters, an ornate brass ashtray, and various matchbooks and pipe stems. The wooden box contains several matchbooks, including a cream bookmarked with a green border and illustration of a ship, reading WILSON LINE HULL and BOOKMATCHES WITH COMPLIMENTS. Another matchbook features blue and red diagonal stripes and reads Muswell's Cafe Bar. A separate rectangular box is printed with a house flag depicting a red anchor and reads BEN LINE, MANAGERS WM. THOMSON & CO. EDINBURGH, and SVENSKA TÄNDSTICKS AKTIEBOLAGET. The group includes a collection of pipe stems in various colours including amber, marbled brown, and red, some finished with brass collars. Metal accessories include a silver guillotine-style cigar cutter, a gold cigar punch with a wooden handle, a silver table lighter, and a gold lighter. The brass ashtray is decorated with ornate scrollwork and dragon figures to the rim. Width: 15.2 cm.