BY JOSEPH-ETIENNE BLERZY (FL. 1768-1806), MARKED, PARIS, 1774/1775, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780, THE FLANGE STRUCK WITH INVENTORY NUMBER 234, THE GOLD PLAQUE ATTRIBUTED TO GÉRARD DEBÈCHE FILS (1705-1777)

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A LOUIS XVI ENAMELLED VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY JOSEPH-ETIENNE BLERZY (FL. 1768-1806), MARKED, PARIS, 1774/1775, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780, THE FLANGE STRUCK WITH INVENTORY NUMBER 234, THE GOLD PLAQUE ATTRIBUTED TO GÉRARD DEBÈCHE FILS (1705-1777)
rectangular box with canted corners, the cover, sides and base set with panels of translucent dark-blue enamel over an engine-turned ground within white enamel frames, the cover centred with a glazed rectangular gold relief depicting putti painting, within chased vari-colour gold trailing foliate sablé borders and columns
3 1/8 in. (80 mm.) wide

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Lot Essay

Joseph-Etienne Blerzy received his mastership in 1768. A prolific and successful goldsmith, he was still working in 1806 but was not listed among active Parisian goldsmiths three years later. For a discussion of the work of Gérard Debèche fils see Charles Truman, The Gilbert Collection of Gold Boxes, Los Angeles, 1991, pp. 94-96.

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