The Butler Hoard - 1st July 2025
Lot 202
AN EARLY 18TH CENTURY PAKTONG CANDLESTICK
Estimate £100 - £150 | Hammer £378
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Description
AN EARLY 18TH CENTURY PAKTONG CANDLESTICK
FRENCH, C.1730
cast in two parts and threaded together, with a rising-baluster stem above a ball knop and faceted socket, on a raised octagonal base, a clear foundry patch to underside
22cm high
Literature
See K. Pinn, 'Paktong, The Chinese Alloy in Europe, 1680-1820', p. 23, pl. col. pl. 7 for a similar candlestick.
Exhibited
K. Pinn Exhibition, Essex, December 1981.