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Jane Short Antiques has dated this 18th Century Paktong Fire Fender to the 18th Century.
This metal has been shrouded in mystery since it was first recorded by Western travellers in the seventeenth century. The vital silver-coloured ingredient, nickel, was not identified in the West until the second half of the eighteenth century, and it was to be a further fifty years before scientists were able to perfect a viable imitation of paktong. In more recent times the mystery of paktong has lain in the lack of documentary evidence concerning its use in the Georgian period. This has given rise to many myths and speculative theories about the metal.
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Jane Short Antiques has dated this 18th Century Paktong Fire Fender to the 18th Century.
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18th Century Paktong Fire Fender
