Cricket Butane Lighter
notes: label: Description
content: S. T. Dupont began making and marketing Cricket butane lighters in France in 1961. Gillette purchased a large share of the French firm in 1970 and introduced this inexpensive and disposable lighter to the United States in 1972. It was an immediate commercial success. The body of this example is green nylon. The text on the back of the package reads “Cricket is a registered trademark of S. T. Dupont, S.A. Paris, France. U.S. Pat. No. 3430004.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Plastics Institute of America
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0825.14
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0825.14
label: accession number
content: 1981.0825
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Disposable Butane Lighter
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 83 mm x 19 mm x 25 mm; 3 1/4 in x 3/4 in x in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7/8 in x 3 1/16 in x 5 5/8 in; 2.2225 cm x 7.77875 cm x 14.2875 cm