Opium pipe scraper

Date1850 - 1910

MediumBrass

DimensionsObject/Work: 285 x 5 x 15 mm

ClassificationsFire/fire-lighting Equipment

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Object numberC02037

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.

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