Alfred Dunhill ltd. manufactured between 1948 and 1954 one of the smallest fully working and for sure most exclusive lighters in the world. The so called "Baby Sylph" was marketed in solid silver, silver electroplate or gold plate. The lighter showed below has a reeded decoration. The original is stamped "Dunhill" and "Made in England". It has many reproductions which are cheap imitations made in Japan in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
Type: petrol (wick) lighter
Scarcity: very rare
Value for very good–mint condition: $400.00–800.00 (approx €300.00–600.00)
Weight: 31 g (1oz)
Dimensions:
- height: 2.2 cm
- length: 1.5 cm
- depth: 1.1 cm
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It was also made in solid gold
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