{"product_id":"venice-in-passing","title":"Venice, in Passing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA snuff box from Venice — carried home by someone who went. The body is worked entirely from horn, inside and out, shaped when the material was hot and willing, with a hinge so neatly made it disappears. The lid carries a panel of ivory, and set within it, an oval view of the Rialto Bridge on the Grand Canal: gondolas on blue water, the buildings washed rose and ochre, the whole scene laid over mother-of-pearl so it catches light the way the lagoon does.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis was a Grand Tour souvenir, circa 1840 — made for the traveller who wanted Venice in their pocket, offered round with every pinch of snuff. The horn interior has darkened to near-black from a century and a half of use, taking on the sheen of old lacquer; the ivory panel carries its fine hairlines, the material quietly recording its age. It comes with an old dealer's ticket, handwritten, still tied on with string — a small paper trail of the lives it has passed through.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003eDimensions:\u003cbr\u003eL 3.5” \u003cbr\u003eW 2”\u003cbr\u003eH 0.8\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store 2","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53664892813591,"sku":null,"price":68000.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1012\/9801\/2439\/files\/iva-58.jpg?v=1783883096","url":"https:\/\/pictureus.shop\/products\/venice-in-passing","provider":"My Store 2","version":"1.0","type":"link"}