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FRAME WITH A PHOTOGRAPH OF CROWN PRINCESS MARTHA OF NORWAY

Creator(s): Cartier (Firm) , Unknown (Photographer)

On view in: French Drawing Room


About this object

The frame has a square checkerboard pattern on facing sides and edges. Each square of the pattern is a truncated pyramid. At the top of the frame, in relief, is a crown with five points. The frame contains a black and white photograph mounted on paper of Crown Princess Martha of Norway.

Object name:
FRAME WITH A PHOTOGRAPH OF CROWN PRINCESS MARTHA OF NORWAY
Made from:
Gold
Made in:
New York, USA
Date made:
1951
Size:
19.1 x 13.6 cm (7 1/2 x 5 3/8 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
11.178
Class:
GOLD
Signature marks:
MARKS 14K / CARTIER [hinge at upper left hand corner of back of frame]; M. W. 1037 - 51 [pocket at lower left hand corner on back of frame] INSCRIPTION Màrtha / 1950 [lower right hand corner of photo, handwritten in ink]
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973