A Victorian silver 'castle-top' card case

A Victorian silver 'castle-top' card case, Jenny Lind,

by Edward Smith, Birmingham 1848,

rectangular form, scroll borders, the front with a raised scene of Jenny Lind in Bellini's La Sonnambula on a matted background, within foliate scroll decoration, the reverse with similar decoration and with an initialled cartouche, length 10.5cm, approx. weight 2.4oz.

Provenance: purchased from Steppes Hill Farm Antiques, February 1996.

Johanna Maria Lind (1820-1887, better known as Jenny Lind, was a Swedish opera singer, often known as the "Swedish Nightingale".

Lind gave her first performance in London on 4 May 1847 when she appeared in an Italian version of Meyerbeer's Robert le Diable, where Queen Victoria was present. She retired early in 1849.