This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/10/2018
Tom and Lavinia Thumb-Owned Overnight Trunk and Contents. Circa 1870. Diminutive leather-covered wooden overnight trunk owned by Tom Thumb and his wife, Lavinia, as exhibited at the Freakatorium Museum. Items within the trunk include two of Lavinia’s unmatched gloves as well as one unmatched high top velvet and leather black shoe, and a long white silk stocking said to have been worn at her wedding. A Tom Thumb owned leather glove and a beaver fur top hat, in poor to good condition are also present. 11 ½ x 8 x 6”. Together with an invitation and admission ticket to the wedding of Ms. Lavinia Stratton to “Count Primo Magri,”a miniature set of four dice, a partial deck of miniature playing cards, and a “Tom Thumb – 15 lbs.” brass token. Included is also Lavinia’s copy of the script for the play All Tangled Up, and a hand-colored CDV of Tom and Lavinia Thumb and their child. Trunk has various faults, including tear at top cover and unhinged top. These items were initially purchased in 1920 from the estate of Lavinia’s second husband, after her death in 1919. The trunk and contents were featured in a news article of September 25, 1988, a copy of which is included with this lot.