Piece of practical office art déco design. The product represents a material balance between glass and plastic, namely bakelite. The contoured surface is ergonomic but also decorative in the spirit of time....
Classic smoking aid. A tool for preparing cigars for smoking. There are many variations of this object. This design looks like one of the purest....
Banal thing made of various materials, today usually mainly made of plastics. In the past it used to be made also of expensive ivory, non-ferrous metal alloys, but also a common painted steel. The displayed advertising object is made of stainless steel....
Slightly different concept of cigare handling from the German Pfeilring brand. This tool can also cut the cigar into V shape. A small notch at the end of the handle serves to cut the protective labels on the cigar case. Aficionados, of course, know this....
Made of silver 800, from the half of the twentieth century, made by producer Sandrik, Hodruša - Hámre, which was founded in 1895 in Slovakia....
With manual drive. With the help of pushing the upper protruding "wand" we can recharge a small accumulator. For comparison, it is worth mentioning the similar product made more than eighty years before....
Unobtrusive product follows the shapes of larger containers to make mixed drinks (which are usually much more tasty). From a "healthy" design point of view, such an object deserves 18/10 steel or copper processing....
Unlike other competitors, the vertical concept of this product is always ready for hand grip, occupies less space on the kitchen work area and acts unkindly decorative....
We can try to perceive this object as the design of the famous Teddy bear jelly and not as a junk object. Material: polished and pressed glass....
It was made in Limogies around 1985. The interesting sliding chrome-plated supports for different sizes of cigars are in contrast with simple geometric decor and colors....