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This is an email sent via the SHCG List. If you reply to this message, your message will be sent to all the people on the list, not just the author of this message. --------------- This is an email sent via the SHCG List. If you reply to this message, your message will be sent to all the people on the list, not just the author of this message. --------------- Hi Adam, Many thanks for looking it up. Becki -----Original Message----- From: Social History Curators Group email list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Adam Bell Sent: 01 December 2008 12:26 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [SHCG-LIST] Mystery object Hello This is called a Chinese water pipe. It was designed along the same principles as the traditional and well known hookah, but its small size meant that it was hand held and portable. An opium and tobacco mixture may have been smoked originally. Attached are a few pics from the pages of 'The Pipe Book' by Alfred Dunhill (1969) Adam Adam Bell Assistant Keeper History Tyne & Wear Museums South Shields Museum & Art Gallery Ocean Road South Shields NE33 2JA Tel: +44(0)191 456 8740 Fax: +44(0)191 456 7850 Email: [log in to unmask] You can Be Part of It and help make a Great Big difference to our work at the Great North Museum by making a donation now. To find out more, please visit www.twmuseums.org.uk/greatnorthmuseum/bepartofit Find out about the latest highlights from the Tyne & Wear Museums exhibitions and events programme by subscribing to our new podcast: www.twmuseums.org.uk/podcasts Leader of the North East Regional Museums Hub Our mission is to help people determine their place in the world and define their identities, so enhancing their self-respect and respect for others. Find out more at: www.twmuseums.org.uk <http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/> From: Social History Curators Group email list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of WALKER Rebecca Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 10:09 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [SHCG-LIST] Mystery object This is an email sent via the SHCG List. If you reply to this message, your message will be sent to all the people on the list, not just the author of this message. --------------- Hi, This lovely object was bought in over the weekend. It's made from possibly electroplated silver and has removable tweezers and has what looks like to be Chinese hallmarks. Thing is, it doesn't look like anything we have in the collections? Has anyone come across one of these? 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