A FRENCH ENAMEL AND GOLD SNUFF-BOX
A FRENCH ENAMEL AND GOLD SNUFF-BOX

BY ETIENNE-LUCIEN BLERZY (FL. 1801-1808), MARKED, WITH THE POST-REVOLUTIONARY UNOFFICIAL STANDARD MARK FOR 18 CT. GOLD, PARIS AND THE EXCISE MARK FOR GOLD, PARIS 1798-1809, THE FLANGE STRUCK WITH INVENTORY NO. 104

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A FRENCH ENAMEL AND GOLD SNUFF-BOX
by Etienne-Lucien Blerzy (fl. 1801-1808), marked, with the Post-Revolutionary unofficial standard mark for 18 ct. gold, Paris and the excise mark for gold, Paris 1798-1809, the flange struck with inventory no. 104
Rectangular box with rounded corners, the sides and base engine-turned, the lid inset with a rectangular enamel plaque depicting two girls in classical costumes seated in a landscape as an allegory of Geometry, within a narrow blue-enamelled gold border surrounded by a frosted gold band with cloisonn blue enamelled leaves and berries, flowerheads in the four corners, the sides similarly edged
3.3/8 in. (87 mm.) diam.