Toilet Box
Johann Martin Heinrici
ca. 1760 · Lacquered metal inlaid with mother-of-pearl, copper, brass, ray skin, colored stone, gold · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Trained as a porcelain painter who worked both at Meissen and at the Frankenthal porcelain manufactories, Heinrici specialized in a so-called laque burgauté technique of decorating small lacquered objects with inlaid designs of mother-of-pearl, differently colored metals, and other materials. Although this technique originated in China, the landscapes executed on boxes attributed to Heinrici and his workshop are clearly European in nature.
- Artist
- Johann Martin Heinrici
- Date
- ca. 1760
- Medium
- Lacquered metal inlaid with mother-of-pearl, copper, brass, ray skin, colored stone, gold
- Culture
- German, Dresden
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Bequest of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2019
