Snuffbox with six maritime scenes. Artist: Minaiture by French Painter , ca. 1770-71; After a painting by Joseph Vernet (French, Avignon 1714-1789 Paris). Culture: French, Paris. Dimensions: 1-1/4 x 3-1/16 x 1-7/8 in. (3.2 x 7.8 x 4.8 cm);Miniatures: Top, chamfered corners, 1 1/2 x 2 5/8 in. (37 x 68 mm); bottom, chamfered corners, 1 1/2 x 2 5/8 in. (37 x 68 mm); front 2 1/8 x 3/4 in. (53 x 19 mm); back 2 1/8 x 3/4 in. (53 x 19 mm); left side 7/8 x 3/4 in. (22 x 19 mm); right side 7/8 x 3/4 in. (22 x 19 mm). Maker: Dominique-François Poitreau (apprenticed 1741, master 1757, retired 1781). Date: 1770-71.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. Gold snuffboxes and boxes decorated with portrait miniatures

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Snuffbox with six maritime scenes. Artist: Minaiture by French Painter , ca. 1770-71; After a painting by Joseph Vernet (French, Avignon 1714-1789 Paris). Culture: French, Paris. Dimensions: 1-1/4 x 3-1/16 x 1-7/8 in. (3.2 x 7.8 x 4.8 cm);Miniatures: Top, chamfered corners, 1 1/2 x 2 5/8 in. (37 x 68 mm); bottom, chamfered corners, 1 1/2 x 2 5/8 in. (37 x 68 mm); front 2 1/8 x 3/4 in. (53 x 19 mm); back 2 1/8 x 3/4 in. (53 x 19 mm); left side 7/8 x 3/4 in. (22 x 19 mm); right side 7/8 x 3/4 in. (22 x 19 mm). Maker: Dominique-François Poitreau (apprenticed 1741, master 1757, retired 1781). Date: 1770-71.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. Gold snuffboxes and boxes decorated with portrait miniatures

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