Smoking & Tobacco Related Artifacts

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...

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...

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...

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:...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful 1915 Amackassin Club Yonkers, New York, sterling cigarette case awarded for Men's Double Tennis Tournament. The beautifully embellished front shows the entwined initials: "EHH"...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful small cheroot case in 1917-dated Birmingham marked silver. This case was presented by Sopwith, the British aircraft company, for wartime services rendered. Sopwith was...

ARTIFACT: This is a match box holder made for the bicentennial of George Washington's birth. Shortly before his death, composer John Philip Sousa wrote and orchestrated a march solely for the grand...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 2011 presentation lighter given to Admiral Liu Kwang-Kai, Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Service Forces, Republic of China. The lighter is by Fuji and has a nicely...