Very RARE c.1700s Dieppe Masterpiece, Tiny Carved Villagers, Ivory Snuff Box Sewing A hair away from being

A hair away from being 'antique'

looking at the uniform

The caddy is a work of simplicity of form

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

We only rarely see these old ones

Very RARE c.1700s Dieppe Masterpiece, Tiny Carved Villagers, Ivory Snuff Box Sewing A hair away from beingVERY 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