98th Auction
2018/11/10
Lot 80
"JEB" (Joseph-Etienne Blerzy), Henri Clavel, Paris, engraved rim number 230, 81 x 61 x 36 mm, circa 1781
An important French gold enamel snuff-box with miniature portrait of Leopold II, Archduke of Austria and later Emperor of Austria
Case: 20k gold, case makers punch mark "JEB" (Joseph-Etienne Blerzy), charge and discharge mark of Henri Clavel (1781-1783), crossed double "L", guild punch mark "S" of 1781.
Rectangular box with bevelled corners, allover engine-turned with translucent pink-coloured enamelling and white stylized foliate scrolling. Hinged lid with central very fine oval miniature portrait of Peter Leopold, Archduke of Austria, wearing a powdered wig and the Military Order of Maria Theresia, glazed and framed by a narrow white band. All sides with applied borders in a gold setting, with applied opaque and translucent green enamelling: foliate scrolls and opalesque pearls on a mattfinished "sablè" ground.
Leopold II (1747-1792) of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine was Archduke of Austria and from 1765 to 1790 Grand Duke of Tuscany (as Peter Leopold); he was Holy Roman Emperor and King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia from 1790 to 1792.
A moderate follower of Enlightenment, Leopold’s reform brought the Grand Duchy of Tuscany a high level of prosperity. In his short time as Holy Roman Emperor Leopold attempted to put an end to the troubles caused by the rash reforms introduced by his predecessor. He tried to take a balanced position in international affairs - he ended the Ottoman war and negotiated with Prussia. Leopold’s attitude towards the French Revolution was ambivalent; he liked the idea of a constitutional monarchy but underestimated the power of the movement. The declaration of Pillnitz he drew up with the Prussian king was a major catalyst in the outbreak of the War of the First Coalition.
Source: http://de.wikipedia.org
An important French gold enamel snuff-box with miniature portrait of Leopold II, Archduke of Austria and later Emperor of Austria
Case: 20k gold, case makers punch mark "JEB" (Joseph-Etienne Blerzy), charge and discharge mark of Henri Clavel (1781-1783), crossed double "L", guild punch mark "S" of 1781.
Rectangular box with bevelled corners, allover engine-turned with translucent pink-coloured enamelling and white stylized foliate scrolling. Hinged lid with central very fine oval miniature portrait of Peter Leopold, Archduke of Austria, wearing a powdered wig and the Military Order of Maria Theresia, glazed and framed by a narrow white band. All sides with applied borders in a gold setting, with applied opaque and translucent green enamelling: foliate scrolls and opalesque pearls on a mattfinished "sablè" ground.
Leopold II (1747-1792) of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine was Archduke of Austria and from 1765 to 1790 Grand Duke of Tuscany (as Peter Leopold); he was Holy Roman Emperor and King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia from 1790 to 1792.
A moderate follower of Enlightenment, Leopold’s reform brought the Grand Duchy of Tuscany a high level of prosperity. In his short time as Holy Roman Emperor Leopold attempted to put an end to the troubles caused by the rash reforms introduced by his predecessor. He tried to take a balanced position in international affairs - he ended the Ottoman war and negotiated with Prussia. Leopold’s attitude towards the French Revolution was ambivalent; he liked the idea of a constitutional monarchy but underestimated the power of the movement. The declaration of Pillnitz he drew up with the Prussian king was a major catalyst in the outbreak of the War of the First Coalition.
Source: http://de.wikipedia.org
estimated
35.000—50.000 €
Price realized
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