Ashtrays, Pipes & Tobacco Related Artifacts

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...

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" surrounded by scrolls and floral details. The...

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 an incredibly prolific aviation manufacturer, especially...

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 celebration. Washington, the first President of the...

ARTIFACT: Late 1950's – early 1960's Eastern Steamship Lines S.S. Ariadne shipboard cufflink tray. Eastern Steamship Co. was established in 1901 by Charles Wyman Morse through the merge and consolidation of three shipping companies that controlled a...

ARTIFACT: Beautiful 1910's – 1920's match safe from the Alfred Holt Shipping Lines / Blue Funnel Line Ship TSS Ascanius. The silver-plated nickel safe shows an enameled flag in blue, white, and yellow detail with the letters: "AH" in the center...

ARTIFACT: Great 1950's Frank's Riders Harley Davidson pin-up matchbook from Portsmouth, NH. Some of the original matches remain intact, unstruck and the matchbook reads: THE HOME OF FRANK'S RIDERS 121 MAPLEWOOD AVE. PORTSMOUTH, N.H. Tel. Geneva 6-3704 –...

ARTIFACT: This is a classic Harley Davidson ashtray from the 1957 Gypsy Tour in Laconia, New Hampshire, the home of "Bike Week" since 192Gypsy Tours officially began in 1917 under the Federation of American Motorcyclists, and were fun outings...