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    Posted 4 years ago

    Sandrarich…
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    This is a Chinese Opium travelling box in Paktong (Baitong). Each piece is signed with Chinese ideograms. Is somebody can help me to estimate the age of this antiques I’ve bought in an antique shop 15 years ago in Shanghai?

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    1. ho2cultcha ho2cultcha, 4 years ago
      i love it! how can you tell if something is Paktong? is it like pewter? here is a piece i found recently which i thought was Paktong, but someone told me it wasn't and that it was pewter. ??
    2. Sandrarichefort Sandrarichefort, 4 years ago
      That’s what the seller told me (Baitong in Chinese) and after many research it seems that old opium travel box are in this metal, a mix of nickel, zing and copper. It’s quite heavy for the size and the inside is reddish copper colour as it seems it,s the best material to keep the opium.
    3. ho2cultcha ho2cultcha, 4 years ago
      i'll have to remember that!!
    4. MJSuter, 2 years ago
      Lovely piece. It is missing the domed glass chimney for the burner. I suspect it is anywhere from the very late 19th century up until 1940 as the writing is not in the older archaic style.

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