Musical Box (Primary Title)
Louis XVI Box (Former Title)

Joseph-Étienne Blerzy, French, active 1768 - 1806 (Maker)

1786
French (and Swiss)
Decorative Arts
Musical Instruments
varicolored gold with musical mechanism
Place Made,France,Paris,
Overall: 1 1/2 × 3 1/4 × 2 3/8 in. (3.81 × 8.26 × 6.03 cm)
70.9.14
Not on view
illegible marks inside bottom compartment; maker's mark: Joseph Etienne Blerzy (?); crossed L's -- Henry Clavel marks may be spurious - per Alice Minter 5/2023
Gift of the Estate of Ailsa Mellon Bruce
2018: Collecting for the Commonwealth Preserving for the Nation, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1919-2018, Winter Antiques Show, Park Avenue Armory, New York City, NY, January 18 - 26, 2018.
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