FRAME WITH PHOTOGRAPH OF KING GUSTAV OF SWEDEN
Creator(s): Cartier (Firm)
On view in: French Drawing Room
About this object
The frame is decorated with rinceau scrollwork in repousse. The inner beveled edge is engraved. The outer edge is also worked in repousse. At each corner is an applied plaque with filigree enamelled in white, blue, red and turquoise. The frame contains a black and white photograph of King Gustav of Sweden mounted on paper. The photograph is signed and dated.
- Object name:
- FRAME WITH PHOTOGRAPH OF KING GUSTAV OF SWEDEN
- Made from:
- Silver -- enamel
- Made in:
- New York, USA
- Date made:
- 20th c.
- Size:
- 40.3 x 31.1 x 3.2 cm (15 7/8 x 12 1/4 x 1 1/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.260
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- MARK Cartier / STERLING 925.1000 on bottom edge of frame in center inscription Gustaf Särö 1937 on paper mount at lower right handwitten in black ink
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973