A LOUIS XV ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY JOSEPH-ÉTIENNE BLERZY (FL. 1768-1806), MARKED, PARIS, 1774/1775, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780, STRUCK WITH INVENTORY NO. 409 AND TWO FRENCH POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD
oval box, the cover, sides and base set with panels of translucent grey enamel over a peak-patterned engine-turned ground within reeded gold frames, with opaque white enamel filets and translucent green enamel foliate sablé borders, the cover centred by an oval sepia miniature painted on opaline glass, depicting a dog seated beside an altar of love
2 5/8 in. (67 mm.) wide
A LOUIS XV ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY JOSEPH-ÉTIENNE BLERZY (FL. 1768-1806), MARKED, PARIS, 1774/1775, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780, STRUCK WITH INVENTORY NO. 409 AND TWO FRENCH POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD
oval box, the cover, sides and base set with panels of translucent grey enamel over a peak-patterned engine-turned ground within reeded gold frames, with opaque white enamel filets and translucent green enamel foliate sablé borders, the cover centred by an oval sepia miniature painted on opaline glass, depicting a dog seated beside an altar of love
2 5/8 in. (67 mm.) wide
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