A Magrit Tevan Card Case

A business card case in silver leafed copper, frieze of soldiers, children and workers.

H:1 W:11 D:7 CM

H:0.3 W:4.3 D:2.7 INCHES

Margit Tevan was born on 18 January 1901 in Bekescaba in Hungary into a Jewish family whose father ran an editing house.

Margit studied at the Academy of Applied Arts in Budapest and was tutored by two of the most famous goldsmiths of the time, Richard Zutt and Francis Kiss,  not interested in making jewels, she later joined Arpád Vértes' workshop which was better known under the name of "Stúdió" (1927-1928)