Snuffbox, Louis-Philippe Demay (French, master 1758, died 1772), 1764–65, French, Paris, Gold, 1 3/8 × 3 3/16 × 2 3/8 in. (3.5 × 8.1 × 6 cm), Metalwork-Gold and Platinum, Louis-Philippe Demay (French, master 1758, died 1772), 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-Philippe Demay, French, master 1758, died 1772, 1764–65, Paris, Gold, 1 3/8, 3 3/16, 2, 3.5, 8.1, 6 cm, Metalwork-Gold, Platinum, master, 1758, died, 1772, 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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