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A SET OF FOUR PAKTONG CANDLESTICKS, each with detachable sconces and decorative shaped stems and spreading six-lobed bases with stepped and anthemion decoration, c.1750, 9.75" high (4). See illustration Paktong, also known as Tutenag or Chinese white copper, is now rare. Once a regular import from China it copied the then fashionable silver shapes exactly. This set of sticks is almost identical to a pair of "Paktong Table Candlesticks" in an online exhibition "Base Metal Objects 1300-1900" held recently by The Antique Metalware Society.