Cricket Butane Lighter
Cricket Butane Lighter
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- Description
- S. T. Dupont began making and marketing Cricket butane lighters in France in 1961. Gillette purchased a large share of the French firm in 1970 and introduced this inexpensive and disposable lighter to the United States in 1972. It was an immediate commercial success. The body of this example is green nylon. The text on the back of the package reads “Cricket is a registered trademark of S. T. Dupont, S.A. Paris, France. U.S. Pat. No. 3430004.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Disposable Butane Lighter
- Associated Place
- United States: New Jersey
- Measurements
- overall: 83 mm x 19 mm x 25 mm; 3 1/4 in x 3/4 in x in
- overall: 7/8 in x 3 1/16 in x 5 5/8 in; 2.2225 cm x 7.77875 cm x 14.2875 cm
- ID Number
- 1981.0825.14
- catalog number
- 1981.0825.14
- accession number
- 1981.0825
- Credit Line
- Gift of Plastics Institute of America
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- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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