A FRENCH ENAMELLED GOLD BOÎTE-À-ROUGE

BY ÉTIENNE-LUCIEN BLERZY, MARKED, PARIS, 1801-1808, MARKED WITH THE "PETITE GARANTIE" FOR GOLD, PARIS 1798-1809

Details

A FRENCH ENAMELLED GOLD BOÎTE-À-ROUGE
by Étienne-Lucien Blerzy, marked, Paris, 1801-1808, marked with the "petite garantie" for gold, Paris 1798-1809
Circular box, the independent cover centred with a swirling floral gold rosette in taille d'épargne within a gold circle, both lid and base enamelled in translucent blue on an engine-turned ground of radiant wavy concentric circles, surrounded by an opaque white enamel band, the sides enamelled in translucent blue on a wavy horizontal engine-turned ground, the rims similarly enamelled on a taille d'épargne gold frieze of trailing foliage
66 mm. (2.5/8 in.) diam.

Provenance

S. Bulgari.

Lot Essay

Etienne-Lucien Blerzy was a close relative of the celebrated gold box maker Joseph-Etienne Blerzy (see lots 240 and 241). Etienne-Lucien was employed by Emperor Napoleon's court jeweller Marguerite, and the Louvre owns a gold vinaigrette by him set with a miniature of Empress Josephine (illustrated in Serge Grandjean, Les tabatières du musée du Louvre, Paris, 1981, no. 292, p. 211).

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