RONSON 1960 Germany Varaflame Scia Box Cedar & Brushed Aluminum

Modernist geometric cigarette box designed by Ronson for Scandia. An exceptional and very beautiful desk box, created in West Germany by The Ronson Co. for Scandia. This piece was made during the mid-century period, back in the 1960 and designed with geometric checker boards patterns. Beautifully crafted in brown cedar wood and brushed aluminum. The box is fitted with a Ronson and a slider compartment to storage cigarettes. Note: This is the type 2, with a different . Weight: 296.40 Grams, (0.65 Pound). Measurements: 156 mm by 54 mm by 57 mm (6.13 x 2.12 x 2.25 Inches). Marks: Stamped with the maker's mark and signed, "RONSON MADE IN WEST GERMANY, VERAFLAME SCANDIA FASHIONED BY RONSON". The Ronson Lighter Company  The company started as The Art Metal Works in 1897 and was incorporated on July 20, 1898, by Max Hecht, Louis Vincent Aronson and Leopold Herzig, in Newark, New Jersey. Louis V. Aronson was a huge creative driving force for the company; and, with a few business adjustments, including the addition of Alexander Harris (1910–11) as Business Manager, the company soon became World Famous. In the 1910s The Art Metal Works were producing very good quality Hood Ornaments and gained a reputation as a dependable supplier of same. All accounts state that Louis Aronson was a gifted man, who at 16 years old set up a money-making shop in his parent's home - before receiving a U.S. patent for a commercially valuable metal-plating process he developed when he