Caption

Double snuffbox, enameller LZ France?; fl. ca. 1700. Double-sided snuffbox, tall, narrowed halfway up; slightly bulging lids, framed by silver, profiled fittings. White-enameled, decorated with colourful scenes from the story of Samson depicted against a landscape painted in grisailles. On the sides: Samson going to the Philistine city of Timna, shown the way by three women, and Samson fighting a lion. On the 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. On the reverse of the lids: two landscapes with architecture painted in grisailles and colourful flowers painted in the bottoms. Early 18th century France?, enamelling; subject: Samson Bible — Samson fighting a lion; Samson collecting honey from a lion's mouth. Function: smoking accessory. Dimensions: height 7 cm, width 7.7 cm, depth 4.7 cm., An object with a curved, hourglass-like central section flanked by hinged lids, primarily white with hand-painted scenes featuring figures wearing garments in pink, blue, green, and yellow; the object has metallic silver-toned rims and edges, and the painted surface includes gray and brown sketch-like landscape elements and a brownish-yellow animal; the interior surfaces visible under the lids show pale green and pinkish hues, and the background behind the object is a smooth light gray.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A09_135

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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 Samson carrying door city gate top mountain opposite Hebron Samson taking honey lion's mouth reverse two landscapes architecture painted colourful flowers painted bottoms Early 18th century France enamelling subject Samson Bible collecting Function smoking accessory Dimensions height 7 cm width 7.7 cm depth 4.7 cm object curved hourglass- central section flanked hinged lids primarily white hand-painted scenes featuring figures wearing garments pink blue green yellow metallic silver-toned rims edges painted surface includes gray brown sketch- landscape elements brownish-yellow animal interior surfaces visible under pale green pinkish hues background smooth light gray.