$100
Gunther Wagner / Pelikan (German, founded 1838), circa early 20th century. A carved wood and tooled leather mounted box, likely a travel box for art supplies, bearing to each side a landscape vignette reserved on ebonized chip carved ground, the lid with a depiction of Schloss Furstenstein (a castle in Walbrzych in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland), and each of the side panels with a pastoral landscape. The hinged lid opening to reveal a red paper lined single compartment interior with the monogram "S T" incised to underside of lid within an overlapping twig frame. Interior left of box with gold tack marked "Gunther Wagner" over pelican mark and "H & W". Approximate height 6.875", width 16", depth 10.5".
Auctioneer:
Ahlers & Ogletree Auction Gallery
Date:
2017-01-15
