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Paktong : the Chinese alloy in Europe, 1680-1820

Archive Print Item: Bedford Collection A274

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Type of record: Book

Title: Paktong : the Chinese alloy in Europe, 1680-1820

Level: Item

Classmark: Bedford Collection A274

Creator(s): Pinn, Keith

Additional creator(s): Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019) (Former owner); Antique Collectors' Club (Issuing body)

Publisher: Antique Collectors' Club

Publication city: Woodbridge, Suffolk

Date(s): [1999]

Language: English

Size and medium: 190 pages

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/722834

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991019802930705181

Description

Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-186) and index.


The alloy -- Alfred Bonnin -- Paktong in China -- Matthew Boulton -- Paktong and German silver -- British plate -- Eighteenth century Paktong wares -- Eighteenth century Paktong candlesticks -- Nineteenth century Paktong candlesticks -- Domestic and other wares -- Firegrates and firearms -- Nineteenth century nickel alloy wares -- Appendix I. Matthew Boulton references -- Appendix II. Christie's records -- Appendix III. Miscellaneous references to Paktong -- Appendix IV. A pair of Huguenot Paktong candlesticks -- Appendix V. Catalogue of W.A. Pinn collection: complete analysis results.

Provenance

Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection A274: From the John Evan Bedford Library, gifted in 2019. Twenty-first-century pictorial bookplate on front pastedown: John Evan Bedford. Former reference: M/17.

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