Snuffbox, 1744–45, French, Paris, Gold, mother-of-pearl, 1 3/8 × 2 15/16 × 2 1/4 in. (3.5 × 7.5 × 5.7 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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Snuffbox, 1744–45, French, Paris, Gold, mother, pearl, 1 3/8, 2 15/16, 1/4, 3.5, 7.5, 5.7 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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