Sealing wax case (étui), 1765–66, French, Paris, Gold, Length: 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm), Metalwork-Gold and Platinum, In eighteenth-century Europe, Paris led the production of high-quality luxury goods. Parisian goldsmiths made a wide range of small, personal articles such as snuffboxes; étuis to hold sealing wax, tweezers, or utensils for sewing; souvenirs, which contained thin ivory tablets for note taking; and shuttles for knotting lace
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Sealing wax case, étui, 1765–66, French, Paris, Gold, Length, 4 7/8, 12.4 cm, Metalwork-Gold, Platinum, eighteenth-century, Europe, Paris led, production, high-quality luxury, goods, Parisian goldsmiths, wide range, small, personal articles, snuffboxes, étuis, hold sealing, wax, tweezers, utensils, sewing, souvenirs, contained thin, ivory, tablets, note taking, shuttles, knotting lace
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