Souvenir, ca. 1777?–89, French, Paris, Gold, lacquer; ivory, 3 9/16 × 2 1/8 in. (9 × cm), Miniature by Nadine Vallin

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Souvenir, ca. 1777?–89, French, Paris, Gold, lacquer; ivory, 3 9/16 × 2 1/8 in. (9 × cm), Miniature by Nadine Vallin (active 1787–1813), 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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