Vintage View: Table lighters

Kya deLongchamps says while smoking may be a bad habit, she has a sneaking regard for classic table-lighters.

The Dunhill Aquarium table lighter —from €3,500-€6,000 depending on condition and design. Courtesy of Idhome.co.uk, specialist dealers in this iconic lighter.

APART from the odd Honeyrose herbal cigarette, held theatrically in a pinch of extended fingers to fit in at college, I can thank my mother that I have remained too terrified to smoke.