Caption

Double snuffbox, enameller LZ France?; fl. ca. 1700. Double-sided snuffbox, tall, narrowed halfway up; slightly bulging lids, framed by silver with profiled fittings. White-enameled, decorated with colourful scenes from the story of Samson depicted against a landscape painted in grisailles. Sides: Samson going to the Philistine city of Timna, shown the way by three women, and Samson fighting a lion. Lids: Samson carrying the door the city gate to the top of the mountain opposite Hebron and Samson taking honey from the lion's mouth. Reverses of the lids: two landscapes with architecture painted in grisailles and colourful flowers painted in the bottoms. Early 18th century France?, enamelling; smoking accessory. Height 7 cm; width 7.7 cm; depth 4.7 cm., A small decorative box with a curving hourglass-like profile and shiny metallic rims, shown resting on a reflective surface. The main body is white with a painted scene of a few figures in historical dress: one figure on the left holds a staff and wears purplish clothing with blue footwear, while a group of figures to the right wear garments in yellow, blue, pink, green, and purple tones, some with head coverings. The top edge shows a multicolored floral motif in shades of pink, yellow, blue, and green, and the metallic rims appear silver in color. The background behind the box is a plain light gray.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A09_130

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103.0Mb (1.8Mb) / 20.0in x 20.0in / 6000 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Double snuffbox enameller LZ France fl ca 1700 Double-sided snuffbox tall narrowed halfway up slightly bulging lids framed silver profiled fittings White-enameled decorated colourful scenes story Samson depicted landscape painted grisailles Sides Samson going Philistine city Timna shown way three women Samson fighting lion Lids Samson carrying door city gate top mountain opposite Hebron Samson taking honey lion's mouth Reverses two landscapes architecture painted colourful flowers painted bottoms Early 18th century France enamelling smoking accessory Height 7 cm width 7.7 cm depth 4.7 cm small decorative box curving hourglass- profile shiny metallic rims shown resting reflective surface main body white painted scene figures historical dress figure left holds staff wears purplish clothing blue footwear group right wear garments yellow blue pink green purple tones head coverings top edge multicolored floral motif shades metallic rims color background box plain light gray.