Ink well and desk tidy with owl decoration by GAB ORI c.1930s

A desk tidy or tray with integrated inkwell designed by Jacob Ängman (1876-1942) for GAB (Guldsmedsaktiebolaget or Goldsmiths Company) where he was designer and artistic director until 1942. He had originally joined GAB in 1907. This box is made of 'Ori' metal' (bronzed babbitt metal most likely pewter), a patented technique developed by Ängman in the 1920s. It is missing a glass insert for inkwell. Height: 8 cm, Width: 29.6 cm, Depth: 14.5 cm