Stefano Ricci SR Dual Flame Lighter — Nail Polish Black / Gold

Stefano Ricci SR Dual Flame Lighter — Nail Polish Black / Gold

Lacquer as a luxury material has a history measured in millennia. The urushi tradition of Japan — building surfaces through dozens of hand-applied coats, each cured before the next is laid — produced objects whose depth of color and surface quality became a standard for decorative arts across the world. The European fascination with Asian lacquerwork drove centuries of imitation and eventually the development of European lacquer traditions in their own right. The common thread in all of it is the same: a material that builds color in layers, that has depth rather than surface, and that responds to light with a richness that painted or printed finishes cannot reproduce.

Stefano Ricci applies nail polish to this lighter as a finishing material. The choice is deliberate and precise: nail polish is a lacquer formulated to achieve maximum color depth and gloss on a very small surface — exactly the scale of a lighter body. The result is a black that has genuine depth, a surface that catches light rather than absorbing it, and a finish that carries the quality of intention in a way that standard industrial coatings do not.

Black / Gold

Black and gold have organized luxury objects since the ancient world. The absolute depth of the black and the warmth and precision of the gold create a relationship that reads as simultaneously classic and modern — neither color needs the other to be legible, but each becomes more itself in the presence of the other. On a lighter at this scale the relationship is immediate: the black body, the gold hardware, the clean line between them.

Dual Flame System

The lighter operates with two flame modes — soft flame for still-air table lighting, torch flame for outdoor conditions and environments where wind requires a more direct heat source. Both available in a single piece without compromise to either.

Now available at The Tobacconist of Greenwich.