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Probably by Joseph Etienne Blerzy French
Miniature by Jean-Baptiste Isabey French
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Title: Box with portrait of a whippet
Maker:
Probably by Joseph Etienne Blerzy (French, active 1750–1806)
Artist:
Miniature by Jean-Baptiste Isabey (French, Nancy 1767–1855 Paris)
Date: late 18th century
Culture: French, Paris
Medium: Gold, ivory, glass
Dimensions:
1/2 x 3 7/16 x 1 3/8 in. (1.3 x 8.7 x 3.5cm);
Miniature (sight): 1 1/8 × 2 1/4 in. (2.9 × 5.7 cm)
Classifications: Metalwork-Gold and Platinum, Miniatures
Credit Line: Bequest of Catherine D. Wentworth, 1948
Object Number: 48.187.444
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