Ashtrays, Pipes & Tobacco Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a Dunhill pipe tamper/tool in stainless steel and black vulcanite plastic from the 1950s. The tool screws out of the vulcanite casing, which has a faux wood grain finish. VINTAGE: Circa 1950s. SIZE: Approximately 3-1/8" in length...

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 a fantastic circa 1930s Maersk Steamship Lines ash tray advertising their "Far East Service". Maersk is a Danish shipping company that still operates today and is easily identified by its cheery bright blue and white star logo...

ARTIFACT: This is a great aviator or aviatrix cigarette box with insignia from the 1930s. The top of the box shows a painted propeller with P246 52 engraved on it (possibly a pilot number). Covering the rest of the lid are attached insignia, including...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful, late 1940's vintage Las Vegas El Cortez Hotel & Casino ashtray. Built in 1941, the El Cortez is one of the few casinos that have yet to change its exterior facade or signage, the ranch themed architecture has remained for more...

ARTIFACT: This is a great wooden cigarette case from the Japanese Occupation Period. The case opens by sliding one end open, but if the "secret lever" on the opposite end is not released at the same time, the case does not open all the way and...