Smoking & Tobacco Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: Individual book of Zig Zag brand cigarette rolling papers. The front of the book reads: "ZIG ~ ZAG CIGARETTE PAPERS with an image of a zouave soldier, light infantry men in the French Army who served in French North Africa between the...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful circa 1930s Piper J-3 Cub advertising matchbook with great graphics of the popular light aircraft by Piper. The book is in excellent condition and no matches have been used/removed. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s...

ARTIFACT: Great 1920's vintage painted cast iron elephant mechanical cigarette dispenser, Type IV without base or tray. The elephant, trunk raised in a walking stride, features a hinged-lid as the base of the seat and the interior of the seat is the...

ARTIFACT: This is a tobacco pipe from the 1930s made entirely in Bakelite and Catalin plastics. The stem is a marbled gold and the cup has a mottled root beer coloring. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s. SIZE: Approximately 4-1/2" in length and 1-5/8" in...

ARTIFACT: Circa 1900 Roycroft Arts & Crafts hammered copper industrial cigarette ashtray, nicely maker marked. The lovely ashtray is square and has a shaped rest for a cigarette. VINTAGE: Circa 1900 SIZE: Approximately 2 ¾" x 2...

ARTIFACT: This is a Spanish-American War era celluloid pin showing the Cuban flag. The pin was given out as part of tobacco promotion, and was made by Whitehead & Hoag Company of Newark, New Jersey. VINTAGE: Circa 1898 (Spanish American War era)...

ARTIFACT: This is a minty Spanish-American War era patriotic clay pipe in the form of Uncle Sam's head. The pipe has not been used. The pipe is entirely white save for a red and blue stripe around Uncle Sam's hat and black paint to denote his eyeballs...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful 1890's Grinnell Sprinklers advertising cigar ashtray with match holder. The center of the ashtray features an actual sprinkler patented in 1889! The edges of the ashtray read: "GRINNELL COMPANY INC FOUNDED 1850". The...

ARTIFACT: Circa 1900 small Chinese "red pill" opium pipe. This example has a bamboo stem and brass bowl with beautiful blue glass mouth piece made to resemble jasper. This type of pipe was often used to smoke 'hong wan' or 'red pills' – a...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1910 advertising pin for Hassan Cigarettes. Hassan was a Turkish-blend brand absorbed by the American Tobacco Company. The pin is by Whitehead & Hoag, and features the artwork of R. L. Goldberg. There were a slew of these...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful Victorian era meerschaum pipe in its original velvet-lined case. The bowl of the pipe is carved into the likeness of man's best friend, in this case either a bulldog, pug or a Boston Terrier. He has glass eyes and a great...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful circa 1910s member lapel badge for the Tobacco Sellers' Union (Vendedores Tabaco) of Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua. At the center is an emblem for the Confederación Regional Obrera Mexicana, or CROM (Regional Confederation of...