heat, light, and smoke

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Used to smoke tobacco or opium, water pipes and hookahs cool the smoke without diluting its strength or flavor, thus providing a smoother inhalation.

 

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A figure dressed in historical clothing, holding a box in one hand and consuming something from the other hand.

Johann Joachim Kändler, modeler

German, 1706–1775

Meissen Porcelain Manufactory

German, 1710–present

Snuff Taker, 1737

Porcelain with enamels, glaze, and gilding

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund J. Katz 53.200

A sculpture in the shape of a small white house, covered in different colored flowers.

English

Pastile Burner in the Form of a Cottage, early 1800s

Porcelain

Gift of the Estate of Abby Rockefeller Mauzé 78.046.37

A bulbous white and blue vessel with a small neck and a hole on the side. There is a repeating window shape with different figures inside the vignet.

Persian (now Iran)

Hookah Base, late 1400s–early 1500s

Fritware with glaze

Bequest of Susan Martin Allien 35.671

A silver object with blue decoration. A tall, straw-like piece attaches to the square bottom and rises upward, curving left. A red string and chain attach to other silver parts.

Chinese

Water Pipe, 1800s

Silver with enamels

Bequest of Martha B. Lisle 67.423 

An irregularly shaped blue-green iridized vessel with dark designs. Rounded on one side with a handle that comes to the center of the vessel. The other side has a folded spout-like edge.

Syrian

Lamp, 1200s

Earthenware with black pigments and glaze

Gift of K. O. Aharonian 13.1510

A bottle with delicate swirling blue decorations and a rounded, shiny red stopper.

Chinese

Snuff Bottle, 1800s

Porcelain with underglaze blue, glass, and ivory

Gift of Mrs. Murray S. Danforth 45.211.4

A sculpture of a figure in historical clothes, a blue shirt, white pants, black shoes and hat. The figure is also holding a pipe.

Italian

Youth Holding a Pipe, ca. 1770

Porcelain with glaze and enamels

Bequest of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich 55.202.2