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Illustrating the habits and customs of a refined and privileged society, exquisite small objects dating to and just after the Age of Enlightenment still arouse envy... and that's no sin! Sené & Neisser (goldsmiths) and Puyroche (watchmaker), Switzerland, c. 1805, spyglass in chased yellow gold and polychrome enamel decorated with alternating friezes…
