Pencil tray with wood handles - Hein Matten

A shapely pencil tray in typical Bauhaus-style. Designed and made by Hein Matten / Germany - around 1930/ 1940. Brass, with hand-hammered decor inside. Length 10.2'. Inside with two small ageing spots as can be seen on the picture, apart from this in very good undamaged condition. Underneath marked with the impressed stamp of the artist. An extremely rare object!