A LOUIS XVI GOLD AND ENAMEL SEALING-WAX CASE

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A LOUIS XVI GOLD AND ENAMEL SEALING-WAX CASE
MAKER'S MARK OF JOSEPH ETIENNE BLERZY, PARIS, 1789, WITH THE CHARGE AND DéCHARGE OF JEAN FRANçOIS KALENDRIN

OF FLATTENED CYLINDRICAL FORM, WITH FIVE PANELS OF PALE BLUE ENAMEL WITH GILT FLORAL PAILLON BORDERS, WITHIN OPAQUE WHITE ENAMEL BANDS, BORDERED BY DEEP BLUE ENAMEL BANDS WITH GILT FOLIATE PAILLON AND SILVER PELLET DECORATION, EACH SIDE WITH A WHITE PELLET BAND, WITH BRIGHT-CUT ENGRAVED RIMS, THE BASE ENGRAVED WITH A HEART SURMOUNTED BY A PAIR OF DOVES WITH A BRANCH OF FLOWERS IN THE BEAK OF EACH, MARKED INSIDE THE COVER WITH THE MAKER'S MARK, DATE LETTER AND CHARGE AND ON THE BEZEL WITH THE MAKER'S MARK, DéCHARGE AND LATER WARRANTY MARK - 5¾IN. (11.8CM.) LONG