Jenny Lind stoneware plate. The front of the plate has roses around the border. There is a small dip towards center, and a portrait of Jenny Lind... Show moreJenny Lind stoneware plate. The front of the plate has roses around the border. There is a small dip towards center, and a portrait of Jenny Lind is featured. She has pink painted onto her dress, with blue trim painted along the neckline. There is no additional writing on the back. Jenny Lind (October 6, 1820-November 2, 1887) was a Swedish opera singer, known as The Swedish Nightingale. The exceptional quality of her voice was recognized when she was young, and she received training at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Sweden, and the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. She reached high acclaim in Europe, and eventually P.T. Barnum engaged her for a tour of America in 1850-1851. Lind, previously unknown in the US, was promoted by Barnum, creating insatiable demand for concert tickets and the innumerable consumer products that were manufactured with her name. Halfway through the tour, Lind married replacement pianist Otto Goldschmidt. The couple had three children, and Lind became a professor of singing at the Royal College of Music in London. She is buried at the Great Malvern Cemetery in Malvern, Worcestershire, England. Unknown creator, likely created between 1845 to 1856 Show less