A Hubble Bubble with a spare Chillum (Chinese pipe)

Object Status:

Unlocated

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 23

Additional Source Text:

Aurora. General Advertiser (Philadelphia), 12 Oct 1807 reads: "East Indian pipe or Hubble Bubble."

Notes:

A hubble-bubble is a hookah.

Samuel Parrish (1769-1812) was a Philadelphia merchant.