Snuffbox, Louis Charonnat (French, master 1748, retired 1780), 1763–64, French, Paris, Gold, enamel, 3 1/4 × 2 1/2 × 1 9/16 in. (8.3 × 6.4 × 4 cm), Metalwork-Gold and Platinum, Louis Charonnat (French, master 1748, retired 1780), 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, Louis Charonnat, French, master 1748, retired 1780, 1763–64, Paris, Gold, enamel, 3 1/4, 2 1/2, 1 9/16, 8.3, 6.4, 4 cm, Metalwork-Gold, Platinum, master, 1748, retired, 1780, 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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