Very RARE c.1700s Dieppe Masterpiece, Tiny Carved Villagers, Ivory Snuff Box

VERY 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 had mine for decades, and everyone who's seen them marvels at how someone could carve that scene from ivory. So delicate. I can't begin to explain it. Ivory is a very hard material. This was c.1700s tools, no benefit of a modern Dremel, nor laser cutting tools. This was an art. Few remain. I have this and one other (sold separately). It's time to part with my collections. They only live with me. No one truly owns anything like this. We just get the immense pleasure of their company for perhaps a lifetime.  They live on!  Very good to exc