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Candlestick

Place of OriginChina, made for export
Dateabout 1765
DimensionsHeight: 12 5/16 inches (31.2 cm)
MediumPaktong, an alloy of copper, zinc, and nickel
ClassificationMetalwork
Credit LineGift of Prudence H. Lamb
Object number
2002.43
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Collections
  • Decorative Arts
Published Referencesc.f. Bonnin, Alfred, Tutenag and Paktong With Notes on other Alloys in Domestic Use during the Eighteenth Century, Oxford University Press, Humphrey Milford, 1924, Plates XIII and XXIX.
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