A PAIR OF GEORGE II / III PAKTONG CANDLE SNUFFERS AND ASSOCIATED TRAY

A PAIR OF GEORGE II / III PAKTONG CANDLE SNUFFERS AND ASSOCIATED TRAY

C.1740-60

the tray of waisted form with a central finger-handle and thumbrest, on hoof feet, the candle snuffers of scissor form, the stems unusually cast as legs and shoes (2)

19.1cm long, 8.7cm wide (max)

Provenance

Formerly in Rupert Gentle Collection.

Literature

Illustrated J & K Coombes, 'Paktong' (1970)p, pl. 40 and R. Gentle & R. Feild, "Domestic Metalwork 1640-1820', p.207, fig. 4. Although K. Pinn, 'Paktong the Chinese Alloy in Europe 1680-1820', p.120 notes that Paktong candle snuffers are 'extremely rare' and the trays are 'by no means common'.

Exhibited

'An Exhibition of Candlesticks', Spink, London, 1974, no. 139.