They were made by top class silversmiths including Georg Jensen (Denmark), Tiffany & Co (USA) and a whole British makers. Table cigar lighters collectors pay attention not only to the style, craftsmanship but also to the maker of the lighter. More sophisticated figural lighters (for instance laying moon, wild animals, grotesque or exotic figures, castles, ships etc.) are sought after by collectors and these with a lot of fine detail command very high prices counted in thousands of EUR. Popular are oriental forms like dragons often combined with horn (mainly buck, antelope and deer antler) handles and gyroscopic mount so that the flame is always pointing up. Lighters with a lid, instead of a simple wand, are chained to the lighter base in order to avoid the lid to be lost. Traditional shapes include urn or vase - some of them were sold with matching ashtrays that could be put under the cigar lighter to save space on the table. There was also a broad range of novelty shapes like hunting horn, pyramid, spherical bomb or flaming grenade. Cigar lighters (also called cigar lamps) were manufactured in various shapes although the most popular forms are of a Roman oil lamp and Aladdin's Lamp with snake handle (see pictures).

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