Snuffbox, Louis Roucel (French, active ca. 1756–1784, died 1787), 1768–69, French, Paris, Gold, shell, 3 3/16 × 2 5/16 × 1 1/8 in. (8.1 × 5.9 × 2.9 cm), Metalwork-Gold and Platinum, Louis Roucel (French, active ca. 1756–1784, died 1787), Dürer's print of a rhinoceros, popular from the moment it was issued in 1515, appears here on a black shell ground inlaid (piqué) with hair-thin strips of gold and silver that stimulate the lines of the original woodcut
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Snuffbox, Louis Roucel, French, active ca, 1756–1784, died 1787, 1768–69, Paris, Gold, shell, 3 3/16, 2 5/16, 1 1/8, 8.1, 5.9, 2.9 cm, Metalwork-Gold, Platinum, ca., died, 1787, Dürer, print, rhinoceros, popular, moment, issued, 1515, black shell ground, inlaid, piqué, hair-thin strips, gold, silver, stimulate, lines, original woodcut
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