Serial Number: P0203
Status: Display
Description:
This is a vintage opium pipe, made of silver metal. It measures approximately 29 cm tall.
An opium pipe is a pipe designed for the evaporation and inhalation of opium. True opium pipes allow for the drug to be vaporized while being heated over a special oil lamp known as an opium lamp. It is thought that this manner of smoking opium began in the seventeenth century when a special pipe was developed that vaporized opium instead of burning it.
