BY JOSEPH-ETIENNE BLERZY (FL. 1768-1808), MARKED, PARIS, 1788, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-FRANÇOIS KALENDRIN 1789-1792, STRUCK ON THE FLANGE WITH INVENTORY NO. 87

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A LOUIS XVI ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY JOSEPH-ETIENNE BLERZY (FL. 1768-1808), MARKED, PARIS, 1788, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-FRANÇOIS KALENDRIN 1789-1792, STRUCK ON THE FLANGE WITH INVENTORY NO. 87
oval box, the cover, sides and base set with panels of translucent dark-blue enamel scattered with gold and green gilt squares over an engine-turned ground, within white enamel fillets and taille d’épargne foliate borders
2¾ in. (70 mm.) wide

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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.

BY JOSEPH-ETIENNE BLERZY (FL. 1768-1808), MARKED, PARIS, 1788, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-FRANÇOIS KALENDRIN 1789-1792, STRUCK ON THE FLANGE WITH INVENTORY NO. 87

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