A gold and enamel snuff box, Étienne-Lucien Blerzy, Paris, 1801-1808

of elongated oval form, the lid centred with an oval medallion decorated with a classical taille d'épargne vase within floral foliage, on an engine-turned diaper-patterned ground, within translucent blue enamel borders, the sides with taille d'épargne scrolls hung with geometrical bunches of grapes, alternating with fan-shaped elements, the base also engine-turned, maker's mark, post-revolutionary unofficial standard mark, Paris troisieme titre 1789-1809, the front rim inscribed: Du petit Dunkerque, the right rim numbered: 313, 

8cm., 3 /18 in. wide