Smoking & Tobacco Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a miniature briar wood pipe made in Italy in the 1950s and is stamped THRIFO BRIAR. VINTAGE: Circa 1950s. SIZE: Approximately 2-3/8" in length and 11/16" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Briar wood, black vulcanite...

ARTIFACT: This is a charming handmade, inlaid wooden mechanical cigarette box from 1930s Havana, Cuba. Delicate geometric designs grace every visible surface and a panel with a painting of the CAPITOLIO slides back to reveal the storage area for the...

ARTIFACT: This is a lovely circa 1911 Imperial German "student's" pipe. The pipe is done in porcelain, nickel-plated brass, wood, twine and silk, with a stag and cow horn mouthpiece. Alfred Schilling was the original owner, and the bowl of the pipe is...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa late 1910s advertising ash tray from Clay-Adams Company of New York City, a medical supplier. The ash tray is a small, life-like skull illustrating their trade: "skeletons, skulls, charts, manikins, surgical and laboratory...

ARTIFACT: This is a great old souvenir wooden pipe bowl in the shape of an "Indian" (Native American) head. The figure is carefully carved, with great detailing on the headdress and cheekbones, with even the eyeballs being three-dimensional...

ARTIFACT: This is a great circa early 1960s ashtray from the Continental Palace Hotel in Saigon. Now called the Hotel Continental of Ho Chi Minh City, the hotel was originally built in 1880 under French Colonial rule of Vietnam. Its Old World ambiance...

ARTIFACT: This is a great circa early 1960s ashtray from the Continental Palace Hotel in Saigon. Now called the Hotel Continental of Ho Chi Minh City, the hotel was originally built in 1880 under French Colonial rule of Vietnam. Its Old World ambiance...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1988 Swedish United Nation Zippo lighter. UNIFIL SWEDLOG. VINTAGE: Circa 1988. SIZE: About 1-1/4" in width by 2-1/4" in height and about 7/16" in depth. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Chrome plated brass with black, white, yellow red...

ARTIFACT: This is a fabulous period Napoleonic snuff box made of burl wood and tortoise shell. The box is a beautiful reddish-brown with a curved lip and the Napoleonic coat of arms in relief at its center. The interior is beautifully lined with tortoise...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1954 full-size Wellington lighter for the United States Army 8042nd AU at Camp Drake, Japan. The front of the lighter has a medallion of a mountain peak enameled in red, white and blue and CAMP DRAKE REPLACEMENT DEPOT is...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa early 1950s Penguin lighter for the United States Navy USS Carbonero SS-33The front of the lighter has a great enameled medallion showing a fish wielding two missiles and the reverse has a brass dolphins insignia...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1950s Konwal lighter for the 13th United States Air Force. The front of the lighter has an enameled medallion showing a winged star beneath the number 13. VINTAGE: Circa 1950s. SIZE: Approximately 2-3/16" height and 1-1/2"...