COMMEMORATIVE GIFT, 'The Republic's offering to Jenny Lind', 1850's.
In the shape of a leather bound book. To back compartment with silver lid inscribed Caskete Containing Presentation Letters (now empty). Silver fittings. Inside five framed oil paintings, one of which with the text "Presenterat till Mamsell Jenny Lind såsom Ett minne af hennes wistande i Amerika" and a compartment containing a blade of grass. 35 x 28 cm closed.
Wear. Damages. Clasps missing.
Provenance
M. Ekstein Limited, London 1980. Receipt included.
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Book 'P.T. Barnum Presents Jenny Lind The American Tour of the Swedish Nighingale', Louisiana State University Press, 1980 included.
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