1809 French Sterling Silver Silver Sugar Tongs by Charles Antoine Blerzy of Paris
$150.00
French sugar tongs by Charles Antoine Blerzy [Refernce: Arminjon V I, no. 571]. This pair with simple lines and heavy gauge in very good condition. No monograms. No repairs. Blerzy registered his mark 1799/1800 at 10 Place Thionville as a maker of "la grosserie" (a plateworker, essentially, as opposed to a maker of flatware or smallware, though there was, of course, much crossover). He was born in Paris around 1769, the son of gilder, Jean Baptiste Blerzy and Anne Francoise Elisabeth Baudry. He was a member of the Blerzy family of silversmiths and jewelers, which included his uncle Joseph Etienne Blerzy (1735-1821; master 1768) [Arminjon I: 1741] and cousins Philippe Blerzy [Arminjon I: 2842] and Etienne Lucien Blerzy [Arminjon I: 977].
Marked variously with an ear (punch of average census for Paris, 1809); a right-facing rooster looking to the left (title punch .950, Paris, 1798-1809); punch of large guarantee, Paris, 1798-1809; another complex mark that is not well characterized of this period.
Length is: 5.25"
Weight is: 40.7 grams
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French sugar tongs by Charles Antoine Blerzy [Refernce: Arminjon V I, no. 571]. This pair with simple lines and heavy gauge in very good condition. No monograms. No repairs. Blerzy registered his mark 1799/1800 at 10 Place Thionville as a maker of "la grosserie" (a plateworker, essentially, as opposed to a maker of flatware or smallware, though there was, of course, much crossover). He was born in Paris around 1769, the son of gilder, Jean Baptiste Blerzy and Anne Francoise Elisabeth Baudry. He was a member of the Blerzy family of silversmiths and jewelers, which included his uncle Joseph Etienne Blerzy (1735-1821; master 1768) [Arminjon I: 1741] and cousins Philippe Blerzy [Arminjon I: 2842] and Etienne Lucien Blerzy [Arminjon I: 977].
Marked variously with an ear (punch of average census for Paris, 1809); a right-facing rooster looking to the left (title punch .950, Paris, 1798-1809); punch of large guarantee, Paris, 1798-1809; another complex mark that is not well characterized of this period.
Length is: 5.25"
Weight is: 40.7 grams
Check out some of my other sterling silver here:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/neurorocker?section_id=6783258
Or just browse around the shop!
http://www.etsy.com/shop/neurorocker
French sugar tongs by Charles Antoine Blerzy [Refernce: Arminjon V I, no. 571]. This pair with simple lines and heavy gauge in very good condition. No monograms. No repairs. Blerzy registered his mark 1799/1800 at 10 Place Thionville as a maker of "la grosserie" (a plateworker, essentially, as opposed to a maker of flatware or smallware, though there was, of course, much crossover). He was born in Paris around 1769, the son of gilder, Jean Baptiste Blerzy and Anne Francoise Elisabeth Baudry. He was a member of the Blerzy family of silversmiths and jewelers, which included his uncle Joseph Etienne Blerzy (1735-1821; master 1768) [Arminjon I: 1741] and cousins Philippe Blerzy [Arminjon I: 2842] and Etienne Lucien Blerzy [Arminjon I: 977].
Marked variously with an ear (punch of average census for Paris, 1809); a right-facing rooster looking to the left (title punch .950, Paris, 1798-1809); punch of large guarantee, Paris, 1798-1809; another complex mark that is not well characterized of this period.
Length is: 5.25"
Weight is: 40.7 grams
Check out some of my other sterling silver here:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/neurorocker?section_id=6783258
Or just browse around the shop!
http://www.etsy.com/shop/neurorocker