1915 SWEDEN SILVER MEDICAL DOCTOR ESTEEM DEDICATION HUMIDOR

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1915
SWEDEN
SILVER HUMIDOR BOX
PRESENTED TO MEDICAL DOCTOR
THIS BEAUTIFUL SILVER BOX WAS PRESENTED TO
DR
. M.O.
IRANSEN
ON THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT AS A TOKEN OF HIGH ESTEEM BY HIS COLLEAGUES.
ETCHED SKILFULLY ON THE LID IS EUGENIA’S HOME, ONCE A SCHOOL AND NURSING HOME IN
STOCKHOLM
FOR POOR, TERMINALLY ILL AND DISABLED CHILDREN, FOUNDED BY PRINCESS
EUGENIA
IN 1879.
"
VANFÖREANSTALTEN
" OR "
VANFÖREANSTALT
" WERE CHARITY DRIVEN INSTITUTIONS, IN OPERATION FROM THE 1800’s TO THE 1960’s, FOR THE CARE OF CHILDREN WITH SEVERE PHYSICAL DISABILITIES. THE WORD ALSO MEANS “CRIPPLES” OR “LAME”.
THE LID OF THE BOX HAS A SMALL HANDLE SET WITH A CABOCHON GARNET STONE SET IN GOLD
THE FRONT PANEL OF BOX IS STYLISHLY ENGRAVED IN SWEDISH:
LAZARETTSLÄKAREN MED. DR. M.O. IRANSEN
(HOSPITAL MEDICAL DOCTOR M.O. IRANSEN)
VANFÖREANSTALTEN I HÄLSINGBORG 7/11 1898 – 10/1 1913
(HOME FOR DISABLED CHILDREN IN HELSINGBORG, NOV. 7, 1898 – JAN. 10, 1913)
LEDAMOT I DESS STYRELSE 7/11 1898 – 16/8 1915
(MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, NOV. 7, 1898 – AUG. 16, 1915)
STYRELSENS ORDFÖRANDE 31/10 1911 – 16/8 1915
(CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD,
OCT. 31, 1911 – AUG. 16, 1915)
INSIDE THE LID OF THE BOX IS A SILVER PANEL, ENGRAVED WITH A DEDICATION OF ESTEEM IN SWEDISH AND THE ENGRAVED SIGNATURES OF DR. IRANSEN’S PRESENTING COLLEAGUES:
"
EN ENKEL GÄRD AV DEN TACKSAMHET, I VILKEN VI UNDERTECKNADE, ÄVENSOM ÖVRIGA VÄNNER TILL VANFÖRESAKEN VETA OSS STA TILL EDER, FÖR NITISKT VÄLSIGNELSEBRINGANDE SENT FÖRGÄTET ARBETE, TILL FROMMA FÖR HÄLSINGBORGS VANFÖREANSTALT.
" (A SIMPLE MEASURE OF GRATITUDE, WHICH WE SIGNED, AS WELL AS OTHER FRIENDS OF THE DISABLED CHILDREN’S HOMES, KNOW US FIRST TO YOU, EARNESTLY BENIFICENT OF LATE FORGOTTEN WORK, FOR THE BENEFIT OF HELSINGBORGS DISABLED CHILDREN'S HOME.)
THE INSIDE OF THE BOX IS LINED AT THE BOTTOM AND SIDES WITH WOOD, DIVIDED INTO TWO COMPARTMENTS.
SWEDISH HALLMARKS STAMPED ON SIDE OF LEFT LID: G.A.B. (MAKER = GULDSMEDS AKTIEBOLAGET), STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, 1915.
THE BOX MEASURES 8
14/16
” LONG x 3.5” TALL x 5
9/16
” DEEP.
BOX WEIGHS 4 LBS, 3.2 OZS
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