Maxim’s ‘Pipe of Peace’, C1909
$100
Maxim's 'Pipe of Peace', C1909
Circa
1910
Maker
Hiram Stevens Maxim
Country of manufacture
UK and Ireland
Description
Maxim’s Pipe of Peace inhaler with orginal box and paperwork. Bottles are empty. no breaks in the glass.
The London Science Museum Site notes:
“Hiram Maxim (1840-1916) is best known for the invention of the automatic machine gun. However, he also developed this inhaler, known as the ‘Pipe of Peace’. It was used to treat throat and chest problems such as bronchitis. Soothing vapours from water warmed with a few drops of ‘Dirigo’, made from Maxim’s own recipe, could be delivered right to the back of the throat via a long, swan-necked glass tube…As word of Maxim’s invention spread, demand grew and eventually hundred of thousands were sold in the early 1900s.”
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M and R Gordon
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