Cartier - Lighter - Silver, Silver plated

Cartier Paris – early gas lighter – circa the 1950s – working

An original Cartier Paris gas lighter from the early gas era, manufactured in France in the early to mid-1950s.

Description

Elegant, rectangular Cartier lighter with a finely guilloché surface. The piece bears the inscription “PARIS,” a stamped serial number (69461D), and a French workshop punch mark, as was common on Cartier supplier parts of that era.
The lighter is fully functional.

Technology
• Gas lighter (butane)
• early, robust gas mechanics
• classic ignition with a friction wheel
• operational (ignites reliably)

Material
• silver-plated metal
(probably brass/nickel silver)
• no solid silver (no government-minted silver fineness coins available, which is correct for this model)
• Total weight approx. 100 g

Dating
Manufacture: ca. 1950–1958
• early Cartier workshop model
• clearly ahead of the Must de Cartier series

state
• good, genuine vintage condition
• age- and wear-related scratches and

Patina present.
• no structural damage
• Original and functioning mechanism
• no case, no box, no papers

Special features
• authentic Cartier-Paris piece from the early gas lighter phase
• Verify the serial number and the workshop punch marks to confirm originality
• classic, understated design without later brand logos