Snuffbox, Barnabé Sageret (master 1731, died 1758), 1757–58, French, Paris, Gold, enamel, 1 1/2 × 3 5/16 × 2 7/16 in. ( ×

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Snuffbox, Barnabé Sageret (master 1731, died 1758), 1757–58, French, Paris, Gold, enamel, 1 1/2 × 3 5/16 × 2 7/16 in. ( × × cm), Metalwork-Gold and Platinum, Barnabé Sageret (master 1731, died 1758)Enamels painted by Mlle Duplessis, 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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