Live Auction 12030OPULENCE .Silver . Gold Boxes . 19th Century Furniture & Works of Art
A FRENCH PARCEL-ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
Lot 108 PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN GENTLEMAN (LOTS 108-114)

A FRENCH PARCEL-ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX

BY ÉTIENNE-LUCIEN BLERZY (FL. 1801-1808), MARKED, PARIS, STRUCK WITH THE THIRD STANDARD PARISIAN MARKS FOR GOLD 1798-1809 AND THE POST-REVOLUTIONARY UNOFFICIAL STANDARD MARK FOR 18 CARAT GOLD

Closed29 November 2016

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GBP 8,750

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A FRENCH PARCEL-ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY ÉTIENNE-LUCIEN BLERZY (FL. 1801-1808), MARKED, PARIS, STRUCK WITH THE THIRD STANDARD PARISIAN MARKS FOR GOLD 1798-1809 AND THE POST-REVOLUTIONARY UNOFFICIAL STANDARD MARK FOR 18 CARAT GOLD
rectangular box with rounded ends, the diaper-work engine-turned cover centred with an oval cartouche with a blue enamel classical vase within blue enamel borders, the polished gold sides with similar foliate enamel, conforming engine-turned base, the flange engraved 'Du petit Dunkerque'
3 1/8 in. (80 mm.) wide

Specialist note

Étienne-Lucien Blerzy was a close relative of the celebrated gold box maker Joseph-Etienne Blerzy. Étienne-Lucien is known to have collaborated in the creation of boxes for the Emperor with the court jeweller Marguerite. For the relationship between Napoleon's court jeweller Bernard-Armand Marguerite and Étienne-Lucien, see S. Grandjean, Les tabatières du musée du Louvre, Paris, 1981, pp. 211 and 231-232.