Snuffbox, Jean Formey (master 1754, active 1791), 1757–58, French, Paris, Gold, enamel, 1 5/8 × 3 3/16 × 2 3/8 in. (4.1 × 8.1 × 6 cm), Metalwork-Gold and Platinum, Jean Formey (master 1754, active 1791), 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, Jean Formey, master 1754, active 1791, 1757–58, French, Paris, Gold, enamel, 1 5/8, 3 3/16, 2 3/8, 4.1, 8.1, 6 cm, Metalwork-Gold, Platinum, master, 1754, active, 1791, 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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