Antique Water Pipes
Chinese Tobacco Water Pipe, c. 1900
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
Despite common belief that water pipes such as these were used to smoke opium, water pipes such as
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Water Pipes
Materials
Brass
Nineteenth Century Chinese Metal Water Pipe, Covered with Green Dyed Ray Skin
Located in Leuven , BE
The Chinese water pipes for smoking opium or tobacco could be beautifully decorated with enamel or
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Water Pipes
Materials
Metal
H 15.36 in W 4.73 in D 1.19 in
Delft Blue and White “Rosegeur” Tobacco Jar
By Three Bells Factory
Located in Houston, TX
to rose scented tobacco favored for use with water pipes. Stepped brass lid with simple knob handle
Category
Late 18th Century Dutch Neoclassical Antique Water Pipes
Materials
Delft, Faience
American Pan of Rohallion bronze fountain
By Frederick William MacMonnies
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
for Rohallion estate in New Jersey.. the pipes and the fish are all plumbed for water to flow…any of
Category
1920s American American Empire Antique Water Pipes
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Meerschaum with Scene, Birth of Christ in Frame
Located in Delft, NL
, which is used to make pipes and is found in areas such as Crimea, Bosnia, Greece, Spain, Tanzania but
Category
19th Century European Antique Water Pipes
Materials
Glass, Wood
Idyllic Moon Night Landscape Scandinavian Lakeland 19th century Oil Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
of the water, leaving a trail of pipes in its wake. The moon in the sky casts a soft, ethereal glow
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Antique Water Pipes
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Cotton Canvas, Oil
English Antique Lead Figural Fountainhead Ornamental Garden Fountain Feature
Located in Llanbrynmair, GB
graceful appearance leaning forward and holding two sweeping copper pipes that come out of the shell base
Category
1890s English Art Nouveau Antique Water Pipes
Materials
Lead
Lugger Lifeboat Model by Twyman for the International Exhibition, London, 1862
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
-tight compartments” sealed within the structure. These, combined with scupper pipes running through the
Category
1860s English Antique Water Pipes
Materials
Glass, Wood
H 48 in W 50.5 in D 20.25 in
Landscape with Men and Horses - Original China Ink and Watercolor - Early 1800
Located in Roma, IT
wear big hats and smoke pipes. A third person, with different hat and high trousers to walk in the
Category
Early 19th Century Romantic Antique Water Pipes
Materials
Ink
H 4.18 in W 7.41 in D 0.08 in
Rare Pair of the Consolidated Yacht Acania
Located in Norwell, MA
the unusual coating on the water tank with out of place piping masquerading as tank vents and fill
Category
1920s North American Antique Water Pipes
Materials
Paper
Tangiers Lemon Market - British 1920's Oriental Figural art oil painting
By Gerald Spencer Pryse
Located in London, GB
, and still are, used for lemon flavoured tea and also in hookah pipes. There is an almost abstract feel
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Antique Water Pipes
Materials
Oil
A View Near Redhill, 19th Century Pen and Ink Drawing by Samuel Palmer
By Samuel Palmer (b.1805)
Located in London, GB
pipes, and the clouds dropped fatness'.
The Artist
Samuel Palmer was a British landscape painter
Category
19th Century Antique Water Pipes
Materials
Ink, Pen
People Also Browsed
Chinoiserie Chinese Elm Wedding Opium Canopy Queen Bed Hand Carved Asian Design
Located in Topeka, KS
Phenomenal vintage chinoiserie Chinese Wedding opium canopy bed comprised of Chinese elm and all-over hand carved Asian gilded designs. It will hold a queen size mattress and is made...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Water Pipes
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
H 99 in W 99 in D 71 in
George V Sterling Silver Presentation Chess Trophy
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George V English sterling silver presentation trophy in the form of a king chess piece; an addition to our ornamental office silverware co...
Category
1930s British Antique Water Pipes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Carved Turkish Figural Meerschaum Moorish Pipe
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Carved Turkish Figural Meerschaum Pipe with Moorish Turkish Bearded head.
Meerschaum pipe is a smoking pipe made from the mineral sepiolite, also known as meerschaum. Meerschaum , Ge...
Category
20th Century Turkish Moorish Antique Water Pipes
Materials
Silver Plate
Asian Metal Filigree Opium Pipe
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Asian metal opium pipe with filigree art work in floral designs.
Silvered metal alloy, patinated could be cleaned to be shiny.
Long and unusual decorative collector opium pipe, very ...
Category
Early 20th Century Hong Kong Chinoiserie Antique Water Pipes
Materials
Silver Plate
Chinese Buddha Belly Bamboo Pipe, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This unusually sinuous length of bamboo is known as "Buddha belly bamboo," named for each segment's resemblance to the ample gut of the Chinese monk Budai, often referred to as the "...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Water Pipes
Materials
Bamboo
Chinese Gilt Carved Bed Panel, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This gilt carved panel began its life as a decorative addition to a 19th-century Chinese cabinet or canopy bed. Set within a mica-encrusted square frame, the carving depicts several ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Water Pipes
Materials
Wood
Antique Chinese Carved Canopy Bed with Alcove
Located in Buffalo, NY
Mid to late 19th century, elaborately carved, antique Chinese bed Chambers was used to greet visitors and usually was furnished with two chairs and a center table: from which tea, wi...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Water Pipes
Materials
Lacquer, Wood
Antique Chinese Opium Lamp with Round Base that is Multi-lobed
Located in Leuven , BE
Opium smokers used opium lamps to make the vaping and inhaling of the opium easier. These lamps, which contained spirits in their base, were specifically designed to channel an exact...
Category
20th Century Chinese Antique Water Pipes
Materials
Brass
Complete Antique Chinese Water Pipe in Paktong
Located in Leuven , BE
Complete Antique Chinese Water Pipe in Paktong (=an Alloy of Zinc, Copper and Nickel). The Base is decorated with fine plates in Bamboo and Red Copper. It is also provided with Ideog...
Category
20th Century Chinese Antique Water Pipes
Materials
Copper, Nickel, Zinc
King Size Chinoiserie Rattan & Lacquered Canopy Headboard, by Henredon
By Henredon
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
King Size Chinoiserie Rattan and Lacquered Canopy Headboard, by Henredon
USA, Circa Later 20th Century
A magnificent rare King-Size Chinoiserie Rattan and Lacquered Canopy Headboard...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinoiserie Antique Water Pipes
Materials
Wood
Massive Chinese Cloisonné Vase with Phoenix, Magnolia, Lotus and Chrysanthemums
Located in New York, NY
A massive Chinese blue cloisonné vase or urn depicting a colorful imperial phoenix with gilt bronze wires among birds and butterflies in an imperial garden of magnolia blossoms, chry...
Category
1920s Chinese Antique Water Pipes
Materials
Enamel
Chinese Gilt Carved Bed Panel, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This gilt carved panel began its life as a decorative addition to a 19th-century Chinese cabinet or canopy bed. Set within a mica-encrusted rectangular frame, the carving depicts a b...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Water Pipes
Materials
Wood
Pair of Chinese Canopy Bed Curtain Hooks with Money Toads
Located in Chicago, IL
This fantastic pair of etched brass hooks recreates those used throughout the Qing dynasty to hold open the gauzy curtains of traditional canopy beds. Each of the large hooks is affi...
Category
20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Water Pipes
Materials
Brass
19th Century Set of Five-Piece Zitan Opium Pipes and Accessories
Located in Brea, CA
19th century set of five-piece Zitan opium pipes and accessories, two long beautiful Zitan opium pipes, one opium light 3in x 3in x 5in and one opium bo x 3.25in x 3.25in x 1.75in bo...
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Water Pipes
Materials
Wood
ANTIQUE GEORGIAN CIRCA 1820 CHiNESE CHINOISERIE CHESSBOARD BACKGAMMON TABLE
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this exquisite Antique Georgian circa 1820 gold gilt and lacquered Chinese Chinoiserie Chessboard and backga...
Category
1820s Chinese Georgian Antique Water Pipes
Materials
Wood
H 29.93 in W 24.22 in D 24.02 in
Swedish Gustavian Style Chess Table
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a unique Swedish Gustavian style chess table, its been restored and repainted in Milk Paint.
Category
1950s Swedish Gustavian Antique Water Pipes
Materials
Wood
Recent Sales
Water Pipes and Shadows Oil on Canvas
By Otis Oldfield
Located in New York, NY
OTIS OLDFIELD (1890-1969) USA
“Water pipes and shadows” c. 1920
Oil on canvas, walnut frame
Category
1920s American Realist Antique Water Pipes
Materials
Oil
Treen Sectional Waterpipe
Located in London, GB
This section of wooden pipe carried water from Clerkenwell Round Pond to the City of London. It
Category
1680s English Antique Water Pipes
Fully Restored Victorian Canopy Bath, Cast Iron, Brass, and Copper
Located in Edinburgh, GB
been painted white.
As well as the usual shower and bath filling mode, water can also be sprayed
Category
Late 19th Century Scottish Victorian Antique Water Pipes
Materials
Iron
Antique Victorian Front Face God Pan Shell Cameo Brooch
Located in London, GB
Pan is depicted wearing an animal pelt and holding pan-pipes. On his neck we can find the goat wattles
Category
19th Century Italian Victorian Antique Water Pipes
Materials
9k Gold
19th Century Chinese Water Pipes
Located in New York, NY
19th Century Chinese bamboo water pipes, exhibiting brass fittings and carved bamboo stems. From
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Water Pipes
Materials
Brass
Impressive Italian fountain with Roman capital
Located in New York, NY
. Installation of water pipes is quite simple. Comes apart in 5 pieces.
Category
18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Water Pipes
Rare Japanese Old Wooden Water Pipe 'Edo Period' / Antique Wabi-Sabi Wooden Sign
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
, wooden water pipes were the mainstream.
This item is also a part of the water pipe used in the Edo
Category
18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Water Pipes
Materials
Cypress
H 10.04 in W 37.13 in D 7.88 in
Antique Brass Set Six Spoke Elm and Brass Ships Wheel, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
hollowed trunks were widely used as water pipes during the medieval period in Europe. Elm was also used as
Category
1880s Antique Water Pipes
Materials
Brass
19th Century Murano Venetian Red Glass Vase with Handmade Twisted Pipe Neck
Located in Milan, IT
well as neck, unusually shaped, which consists of four twisted wrapped pipes. Also the mouth of the jar
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Water Pipes
Materials
Art Glass
Chinese Buddha Belly Bamboo Pipe
Located in Chicago, IL
bamboo”, is created by artisans who regulate the water and root space to train the bamboo to grow with
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Antique Water Pipes
Materials
Bamboo
1842 Map of Lewis and Clark's Expedition of North America
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
& collect Stone for Pipes", and "Here Capt. Clark made canoes to descend the R.", noted alongside the
Category
1840s American Antique Water Pipes
Materials
Paper
Eugene Boudin Drawing “Moulin Du Perry” Mixed-Media Painting
By Eugène Louis Boudin
Located in Dallas, TX
depicts a lovely windmill (moulin) on an embankment next to the ocean or a nearby body or water in Le
Category
1840s French Beaux Arts Antique Water Pipes
Materials
Paper
"Blowing Bubbles" Oil Painting by William Penn Morgan 'American, 1826-1900'
By W.P. Morgan
Located in Shippensburg, PA
entertain her infant sister while neglecting the pot of water that pours out on the bench behind her under
Category
19th Century American Antique Water Pipes
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood, Paint
H 38.38 in W 32.5 in D 4.25 in
"Resting the team" - A plough team, with horses in a landscape
By John Frederick Herring Jr
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
six pipes at a time” he lived to a ripe old age, dying in Cambridgeshire in 1907.
Despite imitating
Category
19th Century Antique Water Pipes
Materials
Oil
Free Shipping
H 20 in W 28 in
Chinese Baitong Water Pipe, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
smoking tobacco. Popular during the late Qing dynasty, these small water pipes work by the same principles
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Water Pipes
Materials
Brass
Chinese Baitong Water Pipe, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
smoking tobacco. Popular during the late Qing dynasty, these small water pipes work by the same principles
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Water Pipes
Materials
Brass
Japanese antique wooden wabisabi low table/19 - 20th century/withered sofa table
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
base is made from wooden water pipes that were used during the Edo period in Japan.
During the Edo
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Other Antique Water Pipes
Materials
Wood
H 8 in W 60.63 in D 13.12 in
Dozen Masons Ashworth Large Dinner Plates Ironstone England, Circa 1870
By Ashworth Ironstone
Located in Katonah, NY
grown in Syrian hothouses heated with hot-water pipes.*
Background of Ashworth Ironstone:
Charles James
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Water Pipes
Materials
Ironstone
Dutch Arts & Crafts, Silver Plated Water Pitcher, 1900s
Located in New York, NY
handmade, hammered silver plated water pitcher was obviously crafted by a highly skilled silversmith. The
Category
Early 1900s Dutch Arts and Crafts Antique Water Pipes
Materials
Copper
Ornate Hookah Pipe Mouthpiece on Mount
Located in Chicago, IL
with silver filigree in abstract patterns. Used for smoking tobacco or opium, hookah pipes mellowed the
Category
Early 20th Century Turkish Antique Water Pipes
Materials
Silver, Brass
Fille de la Nymphe - 19th Century French Oil Painting Portrait of Young Beauty
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
the name of Syrinx, she ran to a river's edge and asked for assistance from the water nymphs, the
Category
Late 19th Century French School Antique Water Pipes
Materials
Oil
Working Model of a Steam Launch Circa 1920
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
chains which control the rudder. The water tanks, which create the steam, are heated by a boiler marked
Category
1920s English Antique Water Pipes
Materials
Brass, Copper
The Aqueduct of Caracalla in Rome: A Framed 18th Century Etching by Piranesi
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in Alamo, CA
di Caracalla" (Cross-section of the Aqueduct of Caracalla, which brought the water to the reservoir
Category
1750s Old Masters Antique Water Pipes
Materials
Etching
H 18 in W 23.38 in D 0.75 in
Antique Bronze Gothic Revival Jewellery Box Casket, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
Co and became an importer of meerschaum pipes and other supplies. He also took on a 14 year old boy
Category
1880s English Gothic Revival Antique Water Pipes
Materials
Bronze
Original 1922 "I'm Going to See You in my Voisin" Poster-Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
came back down and went into the water, nearly drowning Voisin in the process. This near-death
Category
Early 20th Century French Antique Water Pipes
Materials
Paper
Three Rare Large Early Victorian Gothic Cast Iron Cathedral Floor Grilles
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
.
These grilles would have been originally used to cover the heating or water pipes in churches
Category
1840s English Gothic Revival Antique Water Pipes
Materials
Iron
H 48.5 in W 24.25 in D 0.5 in
Full Length Portrait of a Gentleman In a Room Setting
Located in Great Barrington, MA
Quirky and slightly humorous water color portrait of a man standing in an interior setting
Category
18th Century and Earlier Antique Water Pipes
Rib Cage Shower Unit by Wolfe, circa 1900
Located in Minneapolis, MN
to apply jets of water to specific parts of the body from the ‘needled’ nickel plated pipes, and rain
Category
Early 20th Century American Victorian Antique Water Pipes
Materials
Carrara Marble, Brass
Exceptionally Designed French Art Deco Mirror
Located in Long Island City, NY
organ pipes, on a red painted panel with a diamond shaped board depicting gilt-wood and plaster relief
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Water Pipes
Materials
Wood, Mirror
Buff Terracotta Keystone in the Form of a Maiden by George Jennings, c.1870
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
series of contracts to supply water and drainage systems to towns and institutions in Britain and on the
Category
1870s English High Victorian Antique Water Pipes
Materials
Terracotta
H 12.5 in W 8.75 in D 8 in
Set of 20 Chinese Export Watercolours of the Customs and Trades of China
Located in Sutton Coldfield, GB
large, rectangular bamboo mats. Bowl on Left: silk cocoons are placed in hot water and stirred with
Category
Late 18th Century Chinese Antique Water Pipes
Materials
Watercolor
H 17.52 in W 21.38 in D 0.99 in
19th Century Glazed French Terracotta Panel
Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire
fired body is porous. Its uses include vessels (notably flower pots), water and waste water pipes
Category
Early 20th Century French Antique Water Pipes
Materials
Terracotta
Utagawa Kunikiyo
By Utagawa Kunikiyo
Located in London, GB
famous for its large amount of water and difficult to cross because of its width and unexpected torrents
Category
Mid-19th Century Edo Antique Water Pipes
Materials
Handmade Paper, Washi Paper, Pigment, Woodcut
Get Updated with New Arrivals
Save "Antique Water Pipes", and we’ll notify you when there are new listings in this category.
Antique Water Pipes For Sale on 1stDibs
An assortment of antique water pipes is available at 1stDibs. Each of these unique antique water pipes was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, bamboo and brass. Antique water pipes have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century. There are many kinds of antique water pipes to choose from, but at 1stDibs, Art Nouveau and Arts and Crafts antique water pipes are of considerable interest. There have been many well-made antique water pipes over the years, but those made by Ashworth Ironstone and Charles Fox are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much are Antique Water Pipes?
Antique water pipes can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $1,971, while the lowest priced sells for $300 and the highest can go for as much as $67,497.
More Ways To Browse
Mongolian Fur Stool
Austria Sterling Silver Platter
G W Evans
Light Pink Satin Heels
Original Etching Roman Emperor
George Poole
Wagon Wheel Chairs
Wagon Wheel Chair
Archer And Lady
Opium Pipes
Series 7 Chair Blue
Tibet Sword
1754 Sterling Silver
Hot Pink Side Table
Pink Sling Back Heels
Antique Singing Bird In A Cage
Box Colored Stones
Ruby Red Jars