1920's-1930's Capitol Lighter with ashtray base

I don't know a whole lot about it. Its been hard to find out any information.I know it's an automatic petrol cigar lighter with a mechanical snap up levered mechanism.Manufactured in the late20's to early 30's.The mechanism was first invented by an Austrian, but not patented in the us.Steele and Johnson of Waterbury Conn. copied this design.George Eldred patent date of Sept 17,1912 which you cant quite make out is on the thumb lever.In the base it has Steele & Johnson MFG.CO. Waterbury,Conn. ESSENJAY PRODUCTS New York Office, 280 Madison Ave.Other than that, that's all I could find out.It doesn't light ,but it does spark.

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