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Soft stoneware, white glaze with geometric pattern of vertical stripes. Marked on bottom: “ARTEL” Designed by Pavel Janak for the Artel collective; produced by Graniton, Rydl & Thon. Hexagonal box with slightly fractured walls. Vertical black stripes come together from the sides of the lid to intersect at the knob. Slight wear, intact. Ref.: An identical box is in the collections of the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, collection of the Czech Design Foundation. Cesky kubismus, Architektura a design, 1910–1925, Vitra Design Museum, p. 276. Fronek J., Artel, Praha 2009, p. 22. Knobloch I., Vondrácek R., Design v ceskych zemich 1900–2000, Academia, Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, 2016, p. 108.