FRAME WITH PHOTOGRAPH OF KING HAAKON VII OF NORWAY

On view in: French Drawing Room

About this object

The frame contains a signed black and white photograph mounted on paper of King Haakon VII of Norway with his cipher and crown in relief at the center of the top of the frame. Only the corners of the frame are reeded; on the inside edge of the reeded section are three enamelled stripes, the center one in blue and the outer ones in red.

Object name:: FRAME WITH PHOTOGRAPH OF KING HAAKON VII OF NORWAY
Made from:: Silver -- enamel
Made in:: New York, USA
Date made:: 1955
Size:: 30.5 × 23.5 cm (12 × 9 1/4 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:: 12.257
Class:: SILVER
Signature marks:: MARK Cartier / STERLING 925-1000 5 4 - 3 9 / HAND MADE center of bottom edge of frame inscription Haakon R. at bottom of photo on paper mount handwritten in ink
Credit line:: Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973