Snuffbox [ Art & Luxury / Clothing & Fashion / Social interaction / Taste & Manners / Rituals & Ceremonies ]
… intense transnational circulation of commissions and gifts, linking diplomatic, social and commercial interactions. The reputation of the Ducrollay brothers’ astounding craftsmanship led royal and elite circles to commission dazzling … The Spectator n°138, 8 August 1711. ‘In all Female Conversations there is nothing of such universal Use to fix the Reputation of a fine Talker, as the Snuff-Box . The Ladies have such a surprising Volubility of Tongue, which pours out …
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