Czech-born designer Hans Von Klier studied at the Hochschule für Gestaltung in Ulm – which inherited the prewar modernist project pioneered at the Bauhaus – before moving to Milan, where he collaborated with the great Ettore Sottsass. Together the two men collaborated on designs for Olivetti (including the Praxix 48 typewriter). Sottsass’​s​ influence is evident in this small ​jewelry casket​, entitled Scricciolo (“Wren”) and designed for the producer Panula Agliana.