Potassium bichromate table lighter with dual blue glass holds. Stands 8.75 inches tall. Minor wear and discoloration to the metal components. The reaction would be enabled by plunging the zinc rod into the solution and allowing a charge to flow through the mechanism and up through the L shaped aperture. The plunger action also raises a hinged lid on the lid of the secondary blue glass attachment revealing a platinum sponge and small pilot wick head beside it. The design was originally patented and manufactured by the French inventor, Bernard-Alexandre Carrier in 1900 and was displayed at the Exposition Universelle in Paris where it won a gold medal. The Luminus lighter as it was dubbed, was produced for some time and further developments were patented in 1905 and 1906 although the basic premise remained the same.