Object Description
A collection of 10 early 20th century McMurdo table lighters, all exceptionally engineered in onyx, malachite, lacquer, wrapped in leather and engine turned chrome bodies.
England, circa 1940 – 50
The McMurdo flower Lighter 10cm high, 7.5cm wide and 3cm deep
McMurdo trained and developed his early designer career at Dunhill, he later left to set up his own company in Kingston-upon-Thames where he developed a series of iconic lighters that are unique to those at Dunhill while maintaining the same exceptionally high quality. The firm operated from 1930s through the late 1940s.