Oval bowl with engraved leaf scroll and upturned handle, supported by a swan on a base with ball feet. Height 14.8 cm, length 18.5 cm. Weight approx. 221 g.
Director Oscar Falkman, then by inheritance (married into the Wallenberg family).
Gustaf Wallenberg (1863-1939) was a Swedish businessman, diplomat, and active politician. He was the son of André Oscar Wallenberg, founder of Stockholm Enskilda Bank (now SEB), and the grandfather of Raoul Wallenberg (1912-47?). After a career in the Swedish Navy, he turned to the business world and was very active in efforts to improve the transoceanic shipping industry. This proved useful when he successfully negotiated with the Qing court in Beijing in 1908 for a friendship, trade, and navigation treaty.