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BY JOSEPH-ETIENNE BLERZY (FL. 1768-1806), MARKED, WITH THE POST-REVOLUTIONARY UNOFFICIAL STANDARD MARK FOR 18 CARAT GOLD, PARIS, AND THE EXCISE MARK FOR GOLD, PARIS 1789-1809, THE FLANGE STRUCK WITH INVENTORY NUMBER 57, LATER STRUCK WITH TWO PARISIAN POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD
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A FRENCH ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY JOSEPH-ETIENNE BLERZY (FL. 1768-1806), MARKED, WITH THE POST-REVOLUTIONARY UNOFFICIAL STANDARD MARK FOR 18 CARAT GOLD, PARIS, AND THE EXCISE MARK FOR GOLD, PARIS 1789-1809, THE FLANGE STRUCK WITH INVENTORY NUMBER 57, LATER STRUCK WITH TWO PARISIAN POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD
oval box, the cover, sides and base panels enamelled in translucent blue on an engine-turned ground engraved with horizontal wavy reeding, within translucent blue borders decorated with taille d'épargne trailing foliage, the sides similarly bordered, the cover centred by an oval polychrome enamel miniature depicting a boy unveiling a sleeping beauty, within a blue enamel border alternating gold lozenges with squares, the side pilasters similarly adorned with taille d'épargne urns
3½ in. (90 mm.) wide
BY JOSEPH-ETIENNE BLERZY (FL. 1768-1806), MARKED, WITH THE POST-REVOLUTIONARY UNOFFICIAL STANDARD MARK FOR 18 CARAT GOLD, PARIS, AND THE EXCISE MARK FOR GOLD, PARIS 1789-1809, THE FLANGE STRUCK WITH INVENTORY NUMBER 57, LATER STRUCK WITH TWO PARISIAN POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD
oval box, the cover, sides and base panels enamelled in translucent blue on an engine-turned ground engraved with horizontal wavy reeding, within translucent blue borders decorated with taille d'épargne trailing foliage, the sides similarly bordered, the cover centred by an oval polychrome enamel miniature depicting a boy unveiling a sleeping beauty, within a blue enamel border alternating gold lozenges with squares, the side pilasters similarly adorned with taille d'épargne urns
3½ in. (90 mm.) wide
來源
Sotheby's, Zurich, 19 November 1976, lot 224.
Christie's, London, 22 May 2001, lot 162.
Christie's, London, 22 May 2001, lot 162.
拍場告示
Please note that the correct image for lot 426 appears next to the text for lot 425.
榮譽呈獻
Mary O'Connell
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