Italian Inkwell surmounted by a pipe smoker, circa 1600’s
Italian Inkwell surmounted by a pipe smoker, circa 1600’s Inkwell from Venice, Italy circa 1600
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Italian Inkwell surmounted by a pipe smoker, circa 1600’s Inkwell from Venice, Italy circa 1600
“They tried to bury us but they didn’t know we were seeds.” – Mexican proverb The Sower – Jean-François Millet – 1850
100 Year Old Pure Silver Persian Hookah/Nargile
“When ancient opinions and rules of life are taken away, the loss cannot possibly be estimated. From that moment, we have no compass to govern us, nor can we know distinctly to what port to steer.” – Edmund Burke (1729-1797) Read More …
L’allumeuse de narghilé (The Nargilé Tease), Jean-Leon Gerome, 1898 – oil on canvas
HOOKAH LOVE- C.Keelan 1967
“THE PROPER TREATMENT FOR MARY” prohibition cartoon from Pacific Drug Review – November 1937
The grand tradition of the wake and bake. Something magical occurs breathing in the sweet lingering smoke with the light drizzling into the cracks while still comprehending the day ahead. While I’m not sure if anyone can trace the origins Read More …
Johnny Reeferseed, 1967 Ann Arbor Sun, April, 1967
“You are sitting and smoking; you believe that you are sitting in your pipe, and that your pipe is smoking you; you are exhaling yourself in bluish clouds. You feel just fine in this position, and only one thing gives Read More …