Snuffbox, ca. 1765–70, French, Sèvres, Soft-paste porcelain, silver, Width: 2 13/16 in. (7.1 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, 1765–70, French, Sèvres, Soft-paste porcelain, silver, Width, 2 13/16, 7.1 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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