Légende

Double snuffbox, LZ enameller; France?; fl. ca. 1700 enameller co-creator; Samson Bible, Samson fighting a lion iconography, flowers, Samson collecting honey from a lion's mouth iconography, landscape painted enamel, enamelling. 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 the background of a landscape painted in grissaille. 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 grissaille and colourful flowers painted in the bottoms. Early 18th century, France ; smoking accessories. Height 7 cm, width 7.7 cm, depth 4.7 cm., A small, curved decorative box with a reflective metal rim and hinge, shown against a neutral light gray background; the box surface is white with hand-painted scenes featuring a few human figures wearing garments in pink, blue, green, and purple, a yellowish-brown animal, and gray tree trunks with sketch-like gray shading, with metallic silver edges and a subtle reflection beneath it.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A09_131

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

103.0Mo (1.4Mo) / 50.8cm x 50.8cm / 6000 x 6000 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Double snuffbox LZ enameller France fl ca 1700 enameller co-creator Samson Bible Samson fighting lion iconography flowers Samson collecting honey lion's mouth iconography landscape painted enamel enamelling Double-sided snuffbox tall narrowed halfway up slightly bulging lids framed silver profiled fittings white-enameled decorated colourful scenes story Samson depicted background landscape painted grissaille sides two representations Samson going Philistine city Timna shown way three women lion Samson carrying door city gate top mountain opposite Hebron taking lion's mouth reverse two landscapes architecture painted colourful flowers painted bottoms Early 18th century smoking accessories Height 7 cm width 7.7 cm depth 4.7 cm small curved decorative box reflective metal rim hinge neutral light gray background box surface white hand-painted scenes featuring human figures wearing garments pink blue green purple yellowish-brown animal gray tree trunks sketch- gray shading metallic silver edges subtle reflection beneath .