The toebakje, a still life of smoking implements, was introduced in Haarlem during the late 1620s by Willem Claesz. Heda and Pieter Claesz. In this painting, clay pipes, a crockery brazier, a tobacco box, and zwavelsticks (matches) lie scattered on a table next to various drinking vessels. By 1637 smoking had lost much of its original negative associations and moral warnings against vice and was generally accepted by the middle class as a popular pastime enjoyed with a glass of beer.
