Very RARE c.1700s Dieppe Masterpiece, Tiny Carved Villagers, Ivory Snuff Box Sewing at first rejected the royal

at first rejected the royal advances

so some larger items were also made using mold method and this new 1840 invention

in portrait

We only rarely see these old ones

the inkwell is not original to the set but so closely matches

Very RARE c.1700s Dieppe Masterpiece, Tiny Carved Villagers, Ivory Snuff Box Sewing at first rejected the royalVERY RARE! A researcher contacted me recently to ask if they could use images of 2 of my own collection snuff boxes, and explained that of this age and type, each Masterpieces, there are only 1046 known to still exist. I own 2 of those. I've seen such pieces over the decades in museums. I hadn't realized they were that rare. Most are in museum and private collections. I have, in final 2 images, shown some pages from an early book showing a few. I've