A cased 19th Century opium pipe, accoutrements and instructional leaflet by Gamble & Co of Kensington Road, London, the brass-mounted mahogany case containing an electroplate-mounted bamboo pipe having an ivory mouthpiece and cap, with detachable electroplate-mounted terracotta bowl, spirit lamp and two glass "chimneys", a bottle of Gamble's Finest Olive Oil, cotton wick, pin and three "Posion" tins containing vacant metallic opium extract cartridges, two tins having wax-sealed paper wrappers, pipe length 53 cm, 62 cm x 14 cm x 9 cm
Sold for £1,400
A cased 19th Century opium pipe, accoutrements and instructional leaflet by Gamble & Co of Kensington Road, London, the brass-mounted mahogany case containing an electroplate-mounted bamboo pipe having an ivory mouthpiece and cap, with detachable electroplate-mounted terracotta bowl, spirit lamp and two glass "chimneys", a bottle of Gamble's Finest Olive Oil, cotton wick, pin and three "Posion" tins containing vacant metallic opium extract cartridges, two tins having wax-sealed paper wrappers, pipe length 53 cm, 62 cm x 14 cm x 9 cm
Auction: Collectors' & Interiors, 28th Mar, 2025