ALFRED DUNHILL (BRITISH 1872-1959): A rare ‘Aquarium’ table lighter, circa 1950s, the perspex body enclosing hand-painted scenes of R.M.S ‘Queen Elizabeth’ at sea, the side panels featuring seagulls in flight, with silver plated lift-arm marked DUNHILL, the underside engraved "DUNHILL LIGHTER"

7.5cm high x 10cm wide

Notes: The RMS Queen Elizabeth is a retired British ocean liner that sailed primarily on the North Atlantic Ocean from 1936 to 1967 for the Cunard Line – known as Cunard-White Star Line when the vessel entered service. Built by John Brown & Company in Clydebank, Scotland, Queen Elizabeth, along with RMS Queen Mary, were built as part of Cunard's planned two-ship weekly express service between Southampton, Cherbourg and New York.

The first Queen Elizabeth was one of the largest passenger liners ever built. Launched in 1938 and used as a troopship during World War II, it entered the regular transatlantic service of the Cunard Line in 1946. The Queen Elizabeth was retired in 1968 and sold for conversion to a seagoing university, but it burned and sank in January 1972 during refitting at Hong Kong.