Silver and Brass Globe-Shaped Lighter

Object/Artifact

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L.T. Jordan Institute for International Awareness

Globe lighter: The image shows a vintage globe-shaped lighter, the case is brass with engraved squares and the lighter mechanism is silver. The lighter resembles the Dounreay Reactor Sphere, as it is a circle with engravings to look like panels.
Globe lighter

The image shows a vintage globe-shaped lighter, the case is brass with engraved squares and the lighter mechanism is silver. The lighter resembles the Dounreay Reactor Sphere, as it is a circle with engravings to look like panels.

Name/Title

Silver and Brass Globe-Shaped Lighter

Entry/Object ID

JI2025000229

Description

Silver globe-shaped lighter from Motherwell Bridge Engineering Co. Intended to be the Dounreay Reactor Sphere.

Context

Gift from Prince Phillip to Mr. Jordan.

Made/Created

Artist

Motherwell Bridge Engineering Co.

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Country

United Kingdom

Continent

Europe

Region

Western Europe