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Auction archive: Lot number 251

AN IMPERIAL FRENCH ENAMELLED GOLD PRESENTATION SNUFF-BOX

Estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
ca. US$12,447 - US$18,670
Price realised:
£110,500
ca. US$171,927
Auction archive: Lot number 251

AN IMPERIAL FRENCH ENAMELLED GOLD PRESENTATION SNUFF-BOX

Estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
ca. US$12,447 - US$18,670
Price realised:
£110,500
ca. US$171,927
Beschreibung:

AN IMPERIAL FRENCH ENAMELLED GOLD PRESENTATION SNUFF-BOX
BY ÉTIENNE-LUCIEN BLERZY (FL. 1801-1808), MARKED, PARIS, WITH THE POST-1798 UNOFFICIAL STANDARD MARK FOR 18-CARAT GOLD AND THE PARISIAN STANDARD MARK FOR GOLD 1809-1819, THE FLANGE ENGRAVED WITH RETAILER'S NAME AND INVENTORY NUMBER 52 AND INSCRIBED BY THE RETAILER 'MARGUERITE JOAILLIER DE LA COURONNE DE LEURS MAJESTES IMPERIALES ET ROYALES'
AN IMPERIAL FRENCH ENAMELLED GOLD PRESENTATION SNUFF-BOX BY ÉTIENNE-LUCIEN BLERZY (FL. 1801-1808), MARKED, PARIS, WITH THE POST-1798 UNOFFICIAL STANDARD MARK FOR 18-CARAT GOLD AND THE PARISIAN STANDARD MARK FOR GOLD 1809-1819, THE FLANGE ENGRAVED WITH RETAILER'S NAME AND INVENTORY NUMBER 52 AND INSCRIBED BY THE RETAILER 'MARGUERITE JOAILLIER DE LA COURONNE DE LEURS MAJESTES IMPERIALES ET ROYALES' rectangular gold box with canted corners, the cover inset with a sabl é gold panel chased with raised scrolling foliate Napoleonic initial 'N', the sides and base with panels of engine-turning within opaque blue enamel frames and opaque black enamel taille d'épargne outer borders and pilasters 3½ in. (90 mm.) wide

Auction archive: Lot number 251
Auction:
Datum:
2 Jun 2015 - 3 Jun 2015
Auction house:
Christie's
2-3 June 2015, London, King Street
Beschreibung:

AN IMPERIAL FRENCH ENAMELLED GOLD PRESENTATION SNUFF-BOX
BY ÉTIENNE-LUCIEN BLERZY (FL. 1801-1808), MARKED, PARIS, WITH THE POST-1798 UNOFFICIAL STANDARD MARK FOR 18-CARAT GOLD AND THE PARISIAN STANDARD MARK FOR GOLD 1809-1819, THE FLANGE ENGRAVED WITH RETAILER'S NAME AND INVENTORY NUMBER 52 AND INSCRIBED BY THE RETAILER 'MARGUERITE JOAILLIER DE LA COURONNE DE LEURS MAJESTES IMPERIALES ET ROYALES'
AN IMPERIAL FRENCH ENAMELLED GOLD PRESENTATION SNUFF-BOX BY ÉTIENNE-LUCIEN BLERZY (FL. 1801-1808), MARKED, PARIS, WITH THE POST-1798 UNOFFICIAL STANDARD MARK FOR 18-CARAT GOLD AND THE PARISIAN STANDARD MARK FOR GOLD 1809-1819, THE FLANGE ENGRAVED WITH RETAILER'S NAME AND INVENTORY NUMBER 52 AND INSCRIBED BY THE RETAILER 'MARGUERITE JOAILLIER DE LA COURONNE DE LEURS MAJESTES IMPERIALES ET ROYALES' rectangular gold box with canted corners, the cover inset with a sabl é gold panel chased with raised scrolling foliate Napoleonic initial 'N', the sides and base with panels of engine-turning within opaque blue enamel frames and opaque black enamel taille d'épargne outer borders and pilasters 3½ in. (90 mm.) wide

Auction archive: Lot number 251
Auction:
Datum:
2 Jun 2015 - 3 Jun 2015
Auction house:
Christie's
2-3 June 2015, London, King Street
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