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FRAME WITH PHOTOGRAPH OF THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF YORK (PRINCE ALBERT AND ELIZABETH BOWES-LYON)

Creator(s): Cartier (Firm) , Emil Otto Hoppé (Photographer)

On view in: French Drawing Room


About this object

This vermeil frame is decorated with a pattern of squares with reeding running vertically and horizontally in alternate squares. At top is a crown in silver gilt and red enamel with two ribbons. The frame contains an inscribed black and white photograph of the Duke and Duchess of York, later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.

Object name:
FRAME WITH PHOTOGRAPH OF THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF YORK (PRINCE ALBERT AND ELIZABETH BOWES-LYON)
Made from:
silver -- silver gilt -- enamel
Made in:
New York, USA
Date made:
mid 20th Century
Size:
29.5 x 25.2 x 1.9 cm (11 5/8 x 9 15/16 x 3/4 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
12.259
Class:
SILVER
Signature marks:
MARKS Cartier / STERLING [On bottom edge at center] SIGNATURE E.O. Hoppé [On photo at center bottom] INSCRIPTION Elizabeth 1926 Albert [Bottom center on paper mount, handwritten in ink] LABEL HOPPÉ / 7 CROMWELL PLACE / SOUTH KENSINGTON. / No. 15887G. [On reverse of backing board, printed label in borwn ink on tan paper with a scroll design at top; the characters "15887G" are handwritten in pencil]
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973