Three Dogs on Green Angle, Fabulous Bauhaus Era German Enameled Brass Box (some paint loss to sides) natural pigments The dark red velvet that

The dark red velvet that once covered the framed panels is much worn or gone altogether

Signed by a Linda Hyda and dating to the 1930s-1940s

and surely it won't be the last

The name of the species--in this case it looks to be "Russ dagueletti" is incised on the bottom of the piece

Three Dogs on Green Angle, Fabulous Bauhaus Era German Enameled Brass Box (some paint loss to sides) natural pigments The dark red velvet thatThis was, happily, a week for dogs, and a happy surprise indeed to find this Bauhaus era German enamel painted, brass lidded box in New Hampshire with three very excellent black and white puppies peering over a very excellent green wall. I've had a couple of modernist art deco German enameled boxes from this period, but rarer to see a figural one and what better than puppies?! Rendered in a very art deco sort of a way. Some loss to the matte green