Very RARE c.1700s Dieppe Masterpiece, Tiny Carved Villagers, Ivory Snuff Box Sewing no tears or holes

no tears or holes

begs to be held in the palm

is in a lovely large frame and is

at first rejected the royal advances

We only rarely see these old ones

Very RARE c.1700s Dieppe Masterpiece, Tiny Carved Villagers, Ivory Snuff Box Sewing no tears or holesVERY 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