Snuffbox, Charles Le Bastier (French, apprenticed 1738, master 1754, active 1783), 1771–72, French, Paris, Gold, enamel, H. 1-9

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Snuffbox, Charles Le Bastier (French, apprenticed 1738, master 1754, active 1783), 1771–72, French, Paris, Gold, enamel, H. 1-9/16 × W. 3-5/16 × D. 2-3/8 in. (4 × × 6 cm), Metalwork-Gold and Platinum, Charles Le Bastier (French, apprenticed 1738, master 1754, active 1783), 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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