Chinese Opium Lamp - Old reproduction - Cracked glass
Opium lamp:
- Opium lamp from China, this is an old reproduction dating from the mid-twentieth century.
- The opium lamp makes it possible to transform, by a slow heating process, the drop of opium into a solid pellet which can be consumed by the pipe.
- The glass part has an ovoid shape which will allow the standardization of the temperature at the exit of the lamp.
- This lamp no longer has a wick, which is normally powered by peanut oil (the oil should be odorless).