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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, to which he is 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 colorful flowers painted in the bottoms., early 18th century, France, smoking accessories, height 7 cm, width 7.7 cm, depth 4.7 cm, An open small metal box with a hinged lid reveals a white glazed interior decorated with hand-painted floral motifs; a central blue flower with a yellow center and green leaves is visible along with a few smaller yellow and green floral elements, and the metal rim of the lid shows a darkened patina; visible colors include white, blue, yellow, green, silver, and touches of brown.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A09_140

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

77.2Mo (1.0Mo) / 50.8cm x 38.1cm / 6000 x 4500 (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 lids - Samson carrying door city gate top mountain opposite Hebron taking lion's mouth reverse lids - two landscapes architecture painted colorful flowers painted bottoms early 18th century smoking accessories height 7 cm width 7.7 cm depth 4.7 cm open small metal box hinged lid reveals white glazed interior decorated hand-painted floral motifs central blue flower yellow center green leaves visible smaller yellow green floral elements metal rim lid darkened patina visible colors include white blue yellow green touches brown.