Charlotte Birch-Pfeiffer was born in Stuttgart in 1800. Her father, a school compagnion of Schiller, taught her in drama history and thus theatre became her passion. Against the will of her parents, but encouraged by King Max Joseph of Bavaria, she entered as a thirteen year old the theatre career. She became famous within a short time and later undertook numerous cultural voyages within Europe. Her true success, however, started when she became the first female theatre director ever. In 1834 the Stadttheater in Zürich called upon her for this difficult task and it was due to her efforts and under her brilliant guidance that Zürich lived the heyday of its theatre history. It was also during that period that she wrote numerous dramatic and melodramatic pieces which were being played in many European cities and had great success. The present inkwell, which was given to her as a commemmorative gift for her 50th anniversary as an actress, is of historical interest to the theatre world as it lists all her works with their respective dates of Premières at the back.