Hukkah for a Lady

This simple but ingenuously designed small, hand-held hukkah of brass is meant for a lady. The ring is the container for water. In the nozzle at the top a wooden pipe must have been affixed which held the hukkah bowl for burning coal. A pipe for smoking was once attached to the side nozzle.
The convention of smoking hukkah by women appears to be quite common as evidenced by several Rajput and Pahari miniature paintings as well as by the prevalent living tradition.