Originally praised for its medicinal purposes, powdered tobacco emerged as a fashionable stimulant among Europe's high-society during the eighteenth century. To accommodate this novel pastime, elegant ladies and gentleman of the era sought to complete their look with tabatières, or elaborately painted porcelain snuffboxes.
This book presents more than one hundred of the finest snuffboxes produced by the European porcelain manufacturer Meissen throughout the eighteenth century. In addition to 250 full-color photographs, this comprehensive catalogue includes detailed descriptions of each item by eminent scholars in the field, as well as contributions that discuss current scholarship.
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Arts décoratifs 17e, 18e et 19e
AT THE ARTISAN'S TABLE...
DE BRONZE ET DE CRISTAL
OBJETS D'AMEUBLEMENT XVIII...
FIGURAS ESCULTORICAS DE LA REAL FABRICA DE L'ALCORA VOL...
IVOIRES DE LA RENAISSANCE ET DES TEMPS MODERNES
LA COLL...