BY JOSEPH-ÉTIENNE BLERZY (FL. 1768-1806), MARKED, PARIS, 1774/1775, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780, STRUCK WITH INVENTORY NO. 409 AND TWO FRENCH POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD

Joseph-Etienne Blerzy was apprenticed in 1750 to Francois-Joachim Aubert and became a master in 1768. A prolific goldsmith, boxes made by him can be found in the Wallace Collection, The Gilbert Collection and the Louvre. He died in 1806 when he is recorded as living at 3 rue du Coq-St Honoré.