A LOUIS XV ENAMELLED VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX

BY JOSEPH-ETIENNE BLERZY (FL. 1768-1806), MARKED, PARIS, 1773/1774, WITH THE CHARGE MARK OF JULIEN ALATERRE 1768-1774 AND THE PETITE VACHE DECHARGE MARK FOR EXPORT 1733-1775, STRUCK WITH INVENTORY NUMBER 128

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A LOUIS XV ENAMELLED VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY JOSEPH-ETIENNE BLERZY (FL. 1768-1806), MARKED, PARIS, 1773/1774, WITH THE CHARGE MARK OF JULIEN ALATERRE 1768-1774 AND THE PETITE VACHE DECHARGE MARK FOR EXPORT 1733-1775, STRUCK WITH INVENTORY NUMBER 128
oval box, the cover, sides and base set with panels of translucent maroon enamel on an engine-turned ground, the cover and base each set with an oval enamel miniature depicting Venus with putti in an arcadian landscape, within entrelac vari-colour gold frames, with opaque white enamel borders and column pilasters set with vari-colour gold floral medallions and trailing foliage
2¾ in. (70 mm.) wide

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Lot Essay

Joseph-Etienne Blerzy was apprenticed in 1750 to François-Joachim Aubert and became a master in 1768. A prolific goldsmith of often elaborately decorated boxes, his work can be found in the Wallace Collection, The Gilbert Collection and the Louvre. Blerzy died in 1806 when he is recorded as living at 3 rue du Coq-St Honoré.

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