[Lighter] B-A Gas, Clean Across Canada, Green Red Gold

Object/Artifact

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Canadian Energy Museum

[Lighter] B-A Gas, "Clean Across Canada", Green Red Gold - Side A: View of Side A
[Lighter] B-A Gas, "Clean Across Canada", Green Red Gold - Side A

View of Side A

Name/Title

[Lighter] B-A Gas, "Clean Across Canada", Green Red Gold

Entry/Object ID

2023.6.11

Tags

B-A, Lighter, Metal, Textile, Silver, Green, Red, Gold, British American Oil Company

Description

An automatic "super-lighter" branded to the British American Oil Company. Features: A Mars brand "Super-Lighter" in silver. The band around the body is predominantly forest-green, with fine gold lines around the top and bottom, and seven vertical lines on either side edge. On Side A is the B-A logo (gold ring with diagonal gold line, "B" on left with green fill, and "A" on right with red fill. On Side B is the gold text "CLEAN ACROSS CANADA" along the top. The form is elongated, with an ignition triggered by pressing the center of the top to expose the light.

Collection

Orphan Objects Collection

Cataloged By

Danielle P. Lane

Category

Lighter
Novelty, Collectables, and Miscellaneous, Branded and Promotional Material

Acquisition

Accession

2023.6

Acquisition Method

Found

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Mars Lighters

Date made

circa 1960

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Country

Japan

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Lighter

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Smoking & Recreational Drug Equipment

Nomenclature Class

Personal Gear

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Dimensions

Height

46 mm

Width

54 mm

Depth

10 mm

Material

Metal, Fabric

Color

Silver, Gold, Green, Red

Condition

Reason for Exam

Accession

Overall Condition

Fair

Condition Detail

Missing Areas / Holes, Scratch, Finger Prints / Marks, Rust, Flaking, Wear, Abrasion, Blistering

Date Examined

Feb 23, 2023

Examined By

Danielle P. Lane

Surface

Green painted surface is heavily damaged from use as well as previous application of an adhesive label to the surface. Side A shows blustering and missing sections of paint; SideB is where the adhesive label was places, and when removed took a large section of paint with it leaving copper-coloured metal exposed, as well as similar blistering to Side A. Silver metal areas have fingerprints and some abrasions from the mechanism of lighting. Scratches across entire object to varying degrees.

Materials

Appears to be rust on the exposed metal on Side A.

Mechanism

The lighting mechanism moves well. Does not light (lack of lighter fluid).

Created By

Danielle P. Lane

Create Date

February 21, 2023

Updated By

Danielle P. Lane

Update Date

March 17, 2023