Légende

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 against grissaille-painted landscape backgrounds. Sides: two scenes—Samson going to the Philistine city of Timna shown the way by three women, and Samson fighting a lion. Lids: Samson carrying 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 grissaille and colourful flowers painted in the bottoms. Enamelling; early 18th century, France . Smoking accessory. Height 7 cm, width 7.7 cm, depth 4.7 cm., A small curved container with a hinged lid made of silvery metal and white porcelain, decorated with painted figures and a landscape; the porcelain shows a group of three people in flowing garments in purple, yellow, pink, blue, and green, one holding a long yellow staff and wearing blue footwear, standing by faint grey tree and rock sketches; the metal rim and base are reflective silver, and the background surface is a neutral light grey.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A09_134

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

103.0Mo (1.5Mo) / 50.8cm x 50.8cm / 6000 x 6000 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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 grissaille-painted landscape backgrounds Sides two scenes Samson going Philistine city Timna shown way three women Samson fighting lion Lids Samson carrying city gate top mountain opposite Hebron taking honey lion's mouth Reverses lids two landscapes architecture painted grissaille colourful flowers painted bottoms Enamelling early 18th century France Smoking accessory Height 7 cm width 7.7 cm depth 4.7 cm small curved container hinged lid silvery metal white porcelain painted figures porcelain group three people flowing garments purple yellow pink blue green holding long yellow staff wearing blue footwear standing faint grey tree rock sketches metal rim base reflective silver background surface neutral light grey.