Snuffbox, ca. 1749–50, French, Saint-Cloud, Soft-paste porcelain, silver, Width: 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm), Ceramics-Porcelain, 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, ca, 1749–50, French, Saint-Cloud, Soft-paste porcelain, silver, Width, 3 3/4, 9.5 cm, Ceramics-Porcelain, 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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