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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Paul W, post: 9464005, member: 77343&quot;]Here are five opium pipes I got several years ago from a guy in Naperville, Il. They are typical of the inexpensive but functional pipes used in U.S. opium dens of the time (as well as in low-end opium dens throughout China and Southeast Asia). No “jade, ebony or silver“ here, but even cheap ones had ivory at both ends, since ivory was the “plastic“ of the day.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The guy from Naperville said they all came from the same source. The paper tag on one of them says:</p><p><br /></p><p>“Chinese Opium Pipe from Rev Winfrid Schmidt OSB [Order of Saint Benedict] –</p><p><br /></p><p>Taken by Police of Des Moines, Iowa in Raid on &quot;Den&quot; pre-1900“ </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>My research shows that St. Benedict&#039;s College was an all-men&#039;s campus established in 1858, and that Father Winfrid Schmidt occasionally donated items to the college&#039;s natural history museum pre 1900. Father Winfrid Schmidt died in 1911.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Not trying to sell anything here, but I have them included in a collection of antique opium items of that period listed on San Diego Craigslist if anyone wants to see all 24 photos.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]440965[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]440966[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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