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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Jewellery, Rooms 91 to 93 mezzanine, The William and Judith Bollinger Gallery

Box

1804-1808 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Enamelled gold box, set with pearls, on the lid 'Peace bringing in Prosperity' after Elizabeth Vigée-Lebrun. Maker's mark of Etienne-Lucien Blerzy, inscribed '446 / No.13 / Marguerite Joailler de la Couronne de leurs Majtes Imples et Royles'.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Gold, pearls, enamelled
Brief description
Enamelled gold box, set with pearls, on the lid 'Peace bringing in Prosperity' after Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, maker's mark of Etienne-Lucien Blerzy, Paris, 1804-8.
Physical description
Enamelled gold box, set with pearls, on the lid 'Peace bringing in Prosperity' after Elizabeth Vigée-Lebrun. Maker's mark of Etienne-Lucien Blerzy, inscribed '446 / No.13 / Marguerite Joailler de la Couronne de leurs Majtes Imples et Royles'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 2.1cm
  • Width: 8.9cm
  • Depth: 6.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • mark (Maker's mark for Etienne-Lucien Blerzy)
  • inscribed '446 / No.13 / Marguerite Joailler de la Couronne de leurs Majtes Imples et Royles' (Marguerite, Crown Jeweller to the Emperor Napoleon and the Empress Josephine)
  • marks (Post-Revolutionary Paris mark and Paris marks for 1798-1809)
Credit line
Given by Mrs Carew from the Farquhar Matheson Collection
Object history
ex Farquhar Matheson Collection
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
M.296-1921

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Record createdJune 14, 2005
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