Snuffbox, Probably by Claude Lisonnet (French, master 1736, died 1761), 1750–51, French, Paris, Gold, enamel, 1 3/8 × 3 1/8 × 2 5/16 in. (3.5 × 7.9 × 5.9 cm), Metalwork-Gold and Platinum, Probably by Claude Lisonnet (French, master 1736, died 1761), 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, Claude Lisonnet, French, master 1736, died 1761, 1750–51, Paris, Gold, enamel, 1 3/8, 3 1/8, 2 5/16, 3.5, 7.9, 5.9 cm, Metalwork-Gold, Platinum, probably, by Claude, master, 1736, died, 1761, 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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