The Butler Hoard - 01 Jul 2025
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A GEORGE III PAKTONG CANDLESTICK
A GEORGE III PAKTONG CANDLESTICK
C.1760-70
the tapering columnar and stop-fluted stem on a raised, stepped and gadrooned square base, a later drilled hole now filled
27cm high
Literature
See K. Pinn, 'Paktong, The Chinese Alloy in Europe 1680-1820', p.99, pl. 58, for a similar example.
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