Golden Zippos

Since the 1920's, lighters made of solid gold have been produced by lighter and jewelry manufacturers such as Dunhill, Ronson, Cartier, Hermes, Van Cleef & Arpels, Tiffany and others for well-heeled smokers.  Since the introduction of the Zippo, many beautiful gold lighters have been produced using the Zippo's ingenious design, many using original Zippo inserts.  The Zippo Manufacturing Company produced solid gold Zippos, as did other manufacturers, presumably some with and some without license from Zippo.  Most full-sized Zippos in gold do not have the canned bottoms or date stamps while most slim gold Zippos do.

1953 14K gold slim Zippo with the initials "JAF"

This is a 14K gold loss-proof Zippo with the initial "VAN".  It is probably late 1960's, early 1970's vintage.

 18K gold Gucci lighter with a Zippo insert  and a ruby gem stone attached.

14K gold lighter with slim Zippo insert.  Initials "JME" engraved on the top.

18K gold Tiffany lighter.  Marked "Tiffany" and "Schlumberger" on the bottom.

See Tiffany lighters in Sterling silver HERE

18K gold Cartier lighter with slim Zippo insert.  Cable knit design in white and yellow gold.

14K gold Tiffany lighter with Zippo insert.  Has attractive cable knit design.

This is a 14K gold Tiffany with Zippo insert from the collection of Franklin D Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt. The letters "JAR" on the top are those of FDR's son James, whose history can be found HERE.

14K gold Tiffany lighter with Zippo insert. Fine mesh design with initials "JS" engraved on the top.

14K gold lighter with Zippo insert.  Has been inscribed with the name "Reppenhagen" on bottom.