λ A Wiener Werkstatte silver-gilt box and cover by Eduard Josef Wimmer Wisgrill

λ A Wiener Werkstatte silver-gilt box and cover by Eduard Josef Wimmer Wisgrill, dated 1911, octagonal stepped form, with hinged cover, hammered finish with bands of scroll to the cover, the cover inset with a an ivory panel painted with St Nicholas by E J Wimmer, stamped Wiener Werkstatte and WW mark, head of Diana, artist monogram to base, inside cover inscribed 8 December 1911, 13cm. wide.

Provenance

Property of a Lady

Literature

Neumeister Auctions, 21st March 2018 lot 101 for a comparable Werkstatte silver box by Wimmer-Wisgrill painted with a similar image of Nicholas with Krampus.