Jewellery box - Silver, mother of pearl - Fly box

Sublime fly box or snuffbox, in engraved mother-of-pearl.


Fly box

Weight 47g
Length 6.3 cm
Width 3.5 cm
Height 3.5 cm

Note

Missing part on the side (very visible in the photos).
In good overall condition for its age.
Please look carefully at the photos; they serve as a description.

The fly box: 18th-century case
Beauty patches are black dots made of taffeta or velvet that women applied to their faces to enhance the whiteness of their complexion and add a touch of flair to their appearance. Among Persians and Arabs, dark spots on the skin are considered a sign of beauty; these peoples were among the first to wear beauty patches. While the use of beauty patches was already known in France in the 17th century, it was in the 18th century that they became symbols of adornment and femininity.