Vintage German Cigar Cutter used at the Junior Carlton Club – 30 Pall Mall London c1930

Here on offer is fine German made cigar cutter that was used at the Junior Carlton Club, housed at 30 Pall Mall, London, circa 1930.

The Junior Carlton Club was a London gentlemen’s club, now dissolved, which was established in 1864 and was disbanded in 1977.

Some history about the club.
Anticipating the forthcoming Second Reform Act under Benjamin Disrael, numerous prospective electors decided to form a club closely aligned to the Conservative party. The Junior Carlton Club styled itself after the Carlton Club, which had a fixed number of members and a lengthy waiting list, and so was likely to remain out of the reach of these soon-to-be-enfranchised/newly enfranchised electors.

According to Anthony Lejeune, the Junior Carlton was the only one of the many clubs with the 'Junior' prefix to achieve anything of the prestige of the longer-standing, more established clubs which they sought to emulate. From 1869, the club was housed in sumptuous premises at 30 Pall Mall designed by David Brandon, which it occupied well into the twentieth century.

The cigar cutter grip scales are made from an early ivory coloured celluloid that are in excellent undamaged condition retaining a smooth polished finish. On one side it has the name inset into it:

JUNIOR CARLTON CLUB

All the metal fittings seem to be made from nickel silver or possibly carbon steel?
At one end it has the spring lever operated metal cutter, that is in full working order, with a ‘V’ cutter at the front.

At the other end it has a rounded metal extension that is designed to pry open wooden cigar boxes and lift small nails.

There is no maker’s name that I can see but it looks to be in the style of Donatus or Dreizack, based in Solingen, Germany.

The metal cutter does show some signs of surface greying, commiserate with its age, please see my pictures.

It measures 4.9” (12.5cm) long and the cigar opening at the front has a 0.65” (1.6cm) outer diameter.

It weighs 54g.

Please see my pictures for the details of the condition, which complement this description.

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