A San Francisco ordinance dated 1875 banned smoking of opium in opium dens. The San Francisco Police Department confiscated this glass opium lamp, and donated it to the Smithsonian in 1886. Location ...

Opium lamps, however, are far more likely to clear customs. They are smaller than oil lamps used for lighting, and an opium lamp never has a mechanical wheel to advance the wickthis was done by ...

Notes OPIUM LAMP OF CIRCULAR FORM. MAIN BODY OF IVORY DECORATED WITH INCISED AND PAINTED DESIGN TO SHOW TWO SEPARATE SCENES: ONE OF A CRANE UNDER A PINE TREE, THE OTHER OF A BIRD PERCHED ON TOP OF A ...