FRAME WITH MINIATURE OF DINA MERRILL
Creator(s): Fabergé (Firm) , Mikhail Evlampievich Perkhin (Workmaster) , Malcolm Rae (Miniaturist) , Dina Merrill Hartley (Subject)
Currently in storage
About this object
The upright rectangular frame has an oval opening for a picture, which is edged by pearls. The background is engraved in an all-over design under a beautiful strawberry red translucent enamel. The border is carved in an interlaced design. The miniature is of Marjorie Post's daughter, Dina Merrill.
- Object name:
- FRAME WITH MINIATURE OF DINA MERRILL
- Made from:
- Silver gilt -- pearls -- enamel -- ivory -- watercolor on ivory
- Made in:
- USA
- Date made:
- 1899-1903
- Size:
- 3 1/2 × 2 7/8 in. (8.9 × 7.3 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.143
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- MARK: Kokoshnik facing left; Ia. L. Cyrillic for St. Petersburg assay master Iakov Lapunov (1899-1908); 88 silver standard; Fabergé in cyrillic letters for the Saint Petersburg branch; M.P in Cyrillic for Michael Perchin [on top edge] MARK: 88 [on strut] INSCRIPTION: scratch 600 00, M.P [On strut] SIGNATURE: M. Rae [front lower right on miniature portrait]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973