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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. 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. Reverse of the lids: two landscapes with architecture painted in grisailles and colorful flowers painted in the bottoms. Technique: enamelling, painted enamel. Iconography: Samson Bible, Samson fighting a lion, Samson collecting honey from a lion's mouth, flowers, landscape. Early 18th century, France . Function: smoking accessory. Dimensions: height 7 cm; width 7.7 cm; depth 4.7 cm., An ornate small container lies on its side against a neutral gray background, showing a curved interior rim with a metallic silver edge and a glazed white inner surface decorated with painted flowers in blue, yellow, and green; the outer surface features hand-painted figures in purple, pink, blue, and yellow on a white background with metallic silver trim, and the piece casts a soft reflection on the surface beneath it.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A09_136

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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 Lids Samson carrying door city gate top mountain opposite Hebron Samson taking honey lion's mouth Reverse two landscapes architecture painted colorful flowers painted bottoms Technique enamelling painted enamel Iconography Samson Bible collecting flowers landscape Early 18th century France Function smoking accessory Dimensions height 7 cm width 7.7 cm depth 4.7 cm ornate small container lies side neutral gray background showing curved interior rim metallic silver edge glazed white inner surface decorated painted flowers blue yellow green outer surface features hand-painted figures purple pink white background metallic silver trim piece casts soft reflection surface beneath .