Caption

Double snuffbox, LZ enameller; 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: two representations — 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, smoking accessory. Height 7 cm; width 7.7 cm; depth 4.7 cm., A shallow, scalloped dish with a white interior and a metallic rim shows hand-painted floral motifs including a few blue flowers, a yellow flower, and several green leaves; the rim appears dark brown or bronze, and the background around the dish is light gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A09_139

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Rights managed

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77.2Mb (981.2Kb) / 20.0in x 15.0in / 6000 x 4500 (300dpi)

Keywords

Double snuffbox LZ enameller 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 two representations 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 enamelling smoking accessory Height 7 cm width 7.7 cm depth 4.7 cm shallow scalloped dish white interior metallic rim hand-painted floral motifs blue flowers yellow flower several green leaves rim dark brown bronze background dish light gray.