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Patzcuaro is noted for is deep trays and small boxes, [12] but its designs have not changed much since the 18th century, when the craft was at its peak here and several artisans noted in contemporary records. One of these families, De la Cerda, continues to make lacquerware in the city.
One item that was important in the 18th century were cigarette and snuff cases made of both silver and gold, as the habit of using tobacco became very fashionable among the upper classes. The creation of the cases waned in the 19th as lower classes began to use tobacco as well. [18]
Its prominence ebbed and waned during Mexico’s tumultuous history in the 19th century, with the last of copper mining ending at the end of this same century. [14] Mexico still has large reserves of copper, mostly in the form of sulphides, which have not been mined because of cost. [18]
Nashville's Parthenon Museum wants to return nearly 250 illegally sourced pre-Columbian Mexican artifacts to their country of origin.
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Some of the most expensive are French and German 18th century examples, and the record auction price for a German box is £789,250 (about US$1.3 million), bid in 2003 at Christie's in London. Modern snuff boxes are made from a variety of woods, pewter and even plastic and are manufactured in surprising numbers due, largely, to snuff's ...
Cereal aisles in America certainly don't look like this.
Altogether, more than 150,000 tons of silver were shipped from Potosí by the end of the 18th century. [8] [failed verification] [better source needed] From 1500 to 1800, Bolivia and Mexico produced about 80% [9] of the world's silver with 30% of it eventually ending up in China. In the late 16th and early 17th century, Japan was also exporting ...