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Lighter is in good condition and it works very well.
This is a rare 1911 Wright automatic lighter. It is about 2 1/4 inches tall and 1 1/2 inch wide and is marked Wright Pat. Oct. 3 1911 and on the bottom has a logo of a man lighting a cigarette.
There is a small ding on the one side
Measures 1 1/2”W x 2 1/8”H
Wright Manufacturing Company of Newark was incorporated in 1912 by Charles H. Wright, Frederick W. Goerdes and Archibald F. Wright (Trenton Evening Times, 1912)
Wright Manufacturing was incorporated at the same address as the American Button Company, a Newark factory.