That object is just decorative.
What summoning components are you having trouble finding?
For the drug quest, visit the library and talked to Antopar, who lent the book to Belehram who gave it to her son Dolehar the drug addict. You should only need to talk to Dotharhar, though, who is in or near the component clerk's room. He tells you an imp may have the book. After that Tax should give you the key to the room his uncle Nixfix locked so you can enter that part of the maintenance tunnel to get the book.