Prototype model of an electric firelighter

Made:: 1960 in England

maker:: General Electric

Prototype model of an electric firelighter, resembling a hairdryer in appearance, designed to light smokeless fuel easily by blowing out hot air at 800 centigrade, by the General Electric Co, English, 1960

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Category:: Domestic Appliances

Object Number:: 1960-241

Materials:: whole, metal and element former, porcelain

type:: lighter - fire-making equipment

credit:: General Electric Company Limited

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Prototype model of an electric firelighter

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