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Swiss Gold Musical Snuff Box
- Musical snuff boxes such as this one were called carillons à musique
- It is chased and engraved with elaborate swirls of ornate foliage
- The taking of snuff was a highly regarded social ritual among the European elite
- 19th century gold music boxes were highly desired objects of status.
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Ingenious. . .
Ingenious miniature portable devices, musical snuff boxes such as this one were called carillons à musique. Highly desired objects of status and crafted primarily in Switzerland, they influenced the development and popularity of all music box production in the 19th century.
Circa 1820
3 1/4" wide x 2" deep x 7/8" high
| Period: | 19th Century |
| Origin: | Switzerland |
| Type: | Snuff/Tobacco Boxes |
| Style: | Neoclassical |
| Depth: | 2.0 in. (5.08 cm) |
| Width: | 3.25 in. (8.26 cm) |
| Height: | 0.88 in. (2.22 cm) |
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