A RUTH BADER GINSBURG JEWELRY BOX. An inlaid fruitwood musical jewelry box, 140 x 110 x 55 mm, w...

A RUTH BADER GINSBURG JEWELRY BOX. An inlaid fruitwood musical jewelry box, 140 x 110 x 55 mm, with pictorial lid, and brass feet, stamped 'Made in Italy' and 'Music Box Center / 918 'F' Street N.W. / Washington, D.C. 20004' to underside, with Swiss musical movement by Reuge playing 'Quand m'en vo' when wound and open. Provenance: estate of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg; sold to benefit SOS Children's Villages. Justice Ginsburg was well-known for her love of opera, and she was characteristically serious about dressing for every occasion, be it judicial or operatic. Her bedroom dresser featured jewelry boxes of many sizes and styles: fanciful Turkish papier-machè, scrolled leather, hand-chiseled stone and this special musical gem. An image of Adolfo Hohenstein's poster from the 1896 premiere of La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini adorns this rectangular lacquered wooden box with piped inlay. The interior is lined with red velvet, one portion occupied by the Reuge Swiss musical movement. The bottom of the box has the Reuge tag, a 'Made in Italy' tag, and a tag from the 'Music Box Center' store in Washington, DC It was purchased for Justice Ginsburg sometime between 1961, when the store was first opened by Marion Lewis, and likely no later than the mid-1970s. Musetta's famous Act II waltz 'Quando m'en vo'' is charmingly adapted for the music box movement. Lot to be sold without reserve. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing