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Exquisite 19th-century crystal-and-silver perfume jar that belonged to the renowned actress Agnes Booth, sister-in-law of Edwin and John Wilkes Booth. The jar, 4˝ in height and 3˝ in diameter, features an ornate crystal jar capped with a sterling silver lid with a hinged flip-top mechanism, the top of which bears a hand-painted portrait of Booth in profile. The lid’s collar is engraved in cursive text, “Agnes Booth Schoeffel,” which dates this perfume bottle to between 1885 and 1910, the period in which she was married to John B. Schoeffel, the manager of Boston's Tremont Theatre. Before that, Agnes had been married to Junius Brutus Booth, Jr., the eldest Booth brother, whom she wed in 1867. When opened, the inner top of the jar’s collar, which is stamped “Sterling Silver, 925/1000, 03,” reveals a shiny gilt coating, faint traces of which are also visible to the lid’s elaborate exterior. Includes a glass stopper that is partially chipped. In fine condition, with paint loss and chipping to the lid portrait.
