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Lot 26THE COLLECTION OF ADOLPHUS ANDREWS, JR. AND EMILY TAYLOR ANDREWS
A LOUIS XVI ENAMELED GOLD SNUFF BOX
MARK OF JOSEPH-ETIENNE BLERZY, PARIS, 1781-1782
Closed18 June 2024
Estimate
USD 12,000–18,000
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A Louis XVI snuff-box by L. Lacarrière of 1783-1784, set with an identical enamel miniature, is illustrated in A. Kenneth Snowman, Eighteenth Century Gold Boxes of Europe, London, 1966, color pl. 423.
Mérope is a five act tragedy written by Voltaire (1694-1778) which premiered in 1743 before appearing in print in 1744. The play is a reworking of an Italian tragedy from 1713, and tells the story of the dowager queen Mérope. While mourning her murdered husband, Mérope blames newcomer to court Egisthe for murdering her son, when he is in fact her long-lost son. Egisthe eventually kills the tyrannical usurper Polyphonte, who had killed his father, and crowns his mother Mérope as queen.
Mérope is a five act tragedy written by Voltaire (1694-1778) which premiered in 1743 before appearing in print in 1744. The play is a reworking of an Italian tragedy from 1713, and tells the story of the dowager queen Mérope. While mourning her murdered husband, Mérope blames newcomer to court Egisthe for murdering her son, when he is in fact her long-lost son. Egisthe eventually kills the tyrannical usurper Polyphonte, who had killed his father, and crowns his mother Mérope as queen.