It is also sometimes equally difficult to distinguish the Japanese lacquered coffers and caskets found in paintings from the japanned imitations made in Europe. |
As usual, Uncle Jabez was poring over his daybook and counting the cash in the japanned money box. |
Although birds in landscapes are frequently found on Asian lacquer, the surrounding scrolled border is typically European and suggests that the piece is japanned. |
As a result lacquered objects, mostly Japanese, but also those japanned in Europe appear in Dutch pictures more often than has previously been thought. |
They were finished in japanned work and often inlaid in light and dark wood. |
Hence Birmingham japanned goods wear better than those goods which receive a priming previous to japanning. |