Souvenir mid-18th century British or French 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, boxes, and objets de luxe were skillfully made of gold and embellished with diamonds, enameled decoration, lacquer, and other luxurious materials.This souvenir contains a mirror, four ivory leaves, gold-mounted pencil, and six narrow, velvet-lined compartments for implements.. Souvenir. British or French. mid-18th century. Gold, agate. Metalwork-Gold and Platinum
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