A German enamel gilt-metal-mounted snuff box, perhaps Ellwangen, circa 1770Painted with the life and miracles of Saint Anthony of Padua, the cover depicting him being visited by the Virgin Mary and the Christ child, an open book and spray off lilies lying on a table, the interior with an older Anthony being visited by the depiction of Christ on the cross, an open book, crucifix and skull in the foreground, 9cm long, 4cm high (very minor rubbing around edge of underside)注脚The scenes on the sides and underside of the box depict some of the miracles of Saint Anthony: one scene shows him re-attaching the foot of a man from Padua, another shows the Heretic's mule kneeling before Anthony and the Sacrament and the underside depicts the miracle known as the Miser's heart. Anthony was attending the funeral of a rich man in Tuscany who was being celebrated to great extent. The saint however commented that the man had oppressed the poor, keeping "his heart in his money box". Following those words a surgeon performed an autopsy and found no heart in the dead man's body, but when the family opened his treasure chest there they discovered the heart.