A 19th Century Red Leather Letterbox in the style of a Dispatch Box, the bevelled top mounted with a brass swing carrying handle and stamped MADMlle. S. REICHEMBERG*, the front with a wide posting slot and a push button catch. The box was probably used for the actress's personal correspondence, and would have travelled with her to wherever she was working.
Weight 1.75 kg
Size 36 x 19 x 15
*Suzanne (Suzette) Reichemberg (b.1853) was a distinguished actress in her day. Suzette was her professional name. In 1886 she made her debut as Agnes in The School of Women at The Comedie Francaise. She played the role of a naive innocent young woman for about 30 years between 1870 & 1900. She had many admirers, and was the muse of several photographers, and the subject of many newspaper articles. It is believed that she was the model for Edouard Manet's 'En Robe du Soiree' of 1878. In 1900 she married Napoleon Pierre Mathieu, Baron de Bourgoing.
The dessert, Crepe Suzette was named in her honour
Suzanne Reichemberg died in 1924, and is buried in the Cemetry at Montmartre
