Varrókészlet

A wooden, horizontal prismatic box with a folding top. It is covered with mother-of-pearl plates the edges are mounted with flame-gilt brass, while the front shows a repousse keyhole shield of the same material. The top is decorated with a miniature gouache landscape, painted on paper, in a flame-gilt brass frame, with the inscription: Wien vom Galizinberg. Unmarked nevertheless, on the basis of close analogies it can be supposed to be a piece by Balthasar Wigand (1770-1846), a painter of miniatures from Vienna. A close analogy, made by the same master, is a necessaire, which was once in the collection of Hugo Kilenyi.