Double snuffbox
ca. 1745–50
Medium
Hard-paste porcelain, gold, mother-of-pearl
Dimensions
H. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm)
Classification
Ceramics-Porcelain
Culture
German, Meissen
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, 1982
Accession Number
1982.60.341
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Johann Martin Heinrici|Meissen Manufactory · 1711–1786
**Johann Martin Heinrici (1711–1786)** was a German porcelain painter, miniaturist, and engraver renowned for his exquisite decorative work on luxury objects and porcelain during the mid-eighteenth century. Born in Lindau in 1711, he became one of the leading figures in the specialized field of porcelain decoration and lacquerwork techniques adapted for European tastes. Heinrici trained and worke...