Live Auction 12030OPULENCE .Silver . Gold Boxes . 19th Century Furniture & Works of Art
A LOUIS XVI ENAMELLED GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX
Lot 56 PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN NOBLE FAMILY

A LOUIS XVI ENAMELLED GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX

BY JOSEPH-ETIENNE BLERZY (FL. 1768-1806), MARKED, PARIS, DATE LETTER INDISTINCT, CIRCA 1780

Closed29 November 2016

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A LOUIS XVI ENAMELLED GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX
BY JOSEPH-ETIENNE BLERZY (FL. 1768-1806), MARKED, PARIS, DATE LETTER INDISTINCT, CIRCA 1780
circular gold-mounted box of rock-crystal, the sablé gold borders with translucent dark-blue enamel flowerheads, red enamel berries and green enamel foliage within white enamel pellet and lozenge frames, the base with a taille d'épargne dark-blue band
2 in. (64 mm.) diam.

Specialist note

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.