Snuffbox, Pierre Médard Mothet (master 1761, recorded 1791), 1765–66, French, Paris, Gold, enamel, 1 3/16 × 2 1/4 in. (3 ×

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Snuffbox, Pierre Médard Mothet (master 1761, recorded 1791), 1765–66, French, Paris, Gold, enamel, 1 3/16 × 2 1/4 in. (3 × cm), Metalwork-Gold and Platinum, Pierre Médard Mothet (master 1761, recorded 1791), 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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