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Opium Lamp
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Subject :Opium Lamp
Published By : None
Location : Ipoh
Estimated Year : 1900
Media Type : Artifact
Source : Ian Anderson, Ipoh / Kinta Properties Group
Remark :
This opium lamp consists of a small metal oil reservoir which sits in a decorative brass base and is topped by a glass shade with a hole in the top. The bowl of the pipe is held over the top of the lamp and this heats the opium which bubbles and vapourises. These lamps were often the only light available in the opium den. It measures 11cm tall and 8cm in diameter.
To see a silver opium pipe and ceramic damper with a description of how they operate, click here.
Filename : 20070417-020