Opium pipe scraper

Opium pipe scraper

Object name: Opium pipe scraper
Date: 1850 - 1910
Dimensions:
285 x 5 x 15 mm
Medium: Brass
Object number: C02037
DescriptionOne of an identical pair of Fire-stirrers and pipe-rests from Japan. They are formed of a long, thin metal stick with embossed and inscribed design. It has a petal shaped attachment with smoothed ridged veins on a hinge at the end. This was designed to clean the opium residue from the inside of the pipe bowl.