Snuffbox, Henry Bodson (master 1763, active 1789), Chased by Gérard Debèche (1706–ca. 1777), 1768/69, French, Paris, Gold, H. 1

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Snuffbox, Henry Bodson (master 1763, active 1789), Chased by Gérard Debèche (1706–ca. 1777), 1768/69, French, Paris, Gold, H. 1-3/4 × W. 3-5/8 × D. 1-13/16 in. ( × × cm), Metalwork-Gold and Platinum, Henry Bodson (master 1763, active 1789, Chased by Gérard Debèche (1706–ca. 1777), 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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