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| Snuffbox by Jérémie Pauzié ca. 1750 gold, silver, diamonds, sapphires, quartz Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Snuffbox by Johann Balthasar Gass ca. 1750-1800 gold, silver, diamonds Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
"In 18th-century Europe, several factories opened for the production of decorative objects of remarkably high quality, from porcelain to textiles and the cutting of semiprecious stones. A taste for these objets d'art grew also as a result of archaeological discoveries. ... The manufacture of objects using traditional artisanal methods, with great importance given to craftsmanship, was directly supervised by the royal courts."
– European Art of the Eighteenth Century by Daniela Tarabra, translated by Rosanna M. Giammanco Frongia (Getty, 2008)
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| Snuffbox by Jean-Jacques Duc ca. 1775 gold, silver, diamonds, glass Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Snuffbox by Jérémie Pauzié ca. 1750 gold, silver, diamonds Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Snuffbox formerly owned by Frederick the Great ca. 1770 agate, nephrite, gold, rubies, diamonds Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Snuffbox with portrait of Frederick the Great ca. 1725-50 gold, diamonds, glass Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Snuffbox by Jean-François Breton 1744-45 gold, silver, diamonds Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Snuffbox with Orpheus, Eurydice, Persephone, Pluto, Cerberus 1790s gold, enamel Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Snuffbox by Johann Gottlieb Scharff 1778 gold, silver, enamel, diamonds, paste Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Snuffbox by Johann Gottlieb Scharff 1778 gold, silver, enamel, diamonds Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Snuffbox from Germany ca. 1700-1750 amber, gold, silver, diamonds Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Snuffbox with Lions from Germany ca. 1765 jasper, gold, silver, rubies, diamonds Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Snuffbox with trompe l'oeil papers ca. 1750 copper-enamel Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Snuffbox with Cupid by Claude-Pierre Pottier 1780-81 gold, enamel, diamonds Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |