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Paktong Decanter Label: Gin browse these categories for related items... All Items: Antiques: Decorative Art: Metals: Pre 1800: item # 969355
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| Possibly made in the Orient, but more likely in the Western Hemisphere, this label is of paktong, a highly tarnish-resistant alloy introduced from China in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. Matthew Boulton and other English silversmiths welcomed its properties, and that it was not subject to taxation. On a fine hand-wrought silver chain, the label boasts a neat feathered border and evidence of careful planching on the reverse. English (?), circa 1775, approximately 1-1/4 inches by 2-1/8 inches. | |||||
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