Smoking & Tobacco Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a Dunhill pipe tamper/tool in brass, stainless steel and black vulcanite from the 1950s. The tool screws out of the vulcanite casing, and comes in its original box. VINTAGE: Circa 1950s. SIZE: Tool: approximately 3-1/8" in length...

ARTIFACT: This is a great Deco glass ashtray from the 1940s advertising Hap Miller's Restaurant in York, Pennsylvania, just east of Route 30. VINTAGE: Circa 1940s. SIZE: Approximately 15/16" in height and 3-3/8" in width. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a box of twenty-four individual books of Zig Zag brand cigarette rolling papers. They are "ashless, tasteless" and "easy to roll" according to the carton, and were made by Braunstein-Freres Inc, for the United States...

ARTIFACT: This is a vintage 1930s Turmac (Turkish-Macedonian) Tobacco Company cigarette tin. The fabulously earth-tone colored tin held 25 "orange" cigarettes, and carries an ornately framed message from the company on the inside lid...

ARTIFACT: This is a large and fantastic "Sultan's Head" hookah pipe bowl from the Victorian era. The head is carved of meerschaum and sits atop a brass receptacle from which four spigots protrude. The base is marble, with a topper of cork that...

ARTIFACT: This is a great circa 1900 advertising cigar container for the Havana-American Company of New York City. This piece dates from the era of the second, short-lived incarnation of the company. The container has a heavy glass body and a nickel lid...

ARTIFACT: This is a great old cast iron tobacco cutter patented in 1875: the "Champion Knife Improved". The blade is housed in a semi-circular frame and attached to a lever. There are some faded painted details still gracing the tool...

ARTIFACT: This is an 1877 dated certificate given by the IRS to George W. MacNeil of Loudon, New Hampshire so that he could lawfully sell manufactured tobacco. There would have been a "stub for special tax stamp" area at the far left of this...

ARTIFACT: This is an early Vietnam War era Marksman lighter for the United States Navy USS Shelton destroyer (DD-790), a ship named for an Ensign Shelton who died in the Battle of Midway. The front of the lighter has a brightly enameled ship's crest...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1960s WARRIOR CONSTRUCTORS advertising lighter. It is factory-engraved by Park Light. VINTAGE: Circa 1960s. SIZE: Approximately 2-1/4" high, 1-1/2" wide and 1/2" deep. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Chrome-plated brass...

ARTIFACT: This is a mid-1960s advertising lighter for Northeast Airlines. The lighter is by Park and has a white and yellow enameled NE logo. VINTAGE: Circa mid-1960s. SIZE: Approximately 2-3/16" height and 1-3/16" in width and 3/8" in...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1960s mint, unfired small-size lighter for the United States Navy Command Cruiser USS Northhampton (CC-1). The front of the lighter bears a boldly enameled ship's crest. VINTAGE: Circa 1960s. SIZE: Approximately 2" height...