Cloisonne & Paktong Chinese Water Pipe - Ca 1900 Material - Roheda Wood Although newly made

Although newly made

and not antique

Supplied with a strong hanger

An early 19th century Anglo-Indian brass inlaid rosewood writing slope

meaning this piece would look equally at home situated in a garden as it would indoors

Cloisonne & Paktong Chinese Water Pipe - Ca 1900 Material - Roheda Wood Although newly madeThis Chinese cloisonne & paktong water pipe would have been used to smoke tobacco & opium. It is constructed from a copper, zinc, and nickel alloy. Heated opium or tobacco would be placed in the lidded well of this ornate water pipe and the fumes were inhaled through the pipe The first Opium war was triggered by the Qing dynasty's campaign against the British merchants who sold opium to Chinese merchants. Many Chinese people were addicted to it. These