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Snuffbox, (?)B., 1757–58, French, Paris, Lacquer, gold, L. 3 1/2 in. (), Metalwork-Gold and Platinum, (?)B
Snuffbox, (?)B., 1757–58, French, Paris, Lacquer, gold, L. 3 1/2 in. (), Metalwork-Gold and Platinum, (?)B., 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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