FRAME WITH PHOTOGRAPH OF QUEEN ASTRID OF BELGIUM (1905-1935)

On view in: French Drawing Room

About this object

The frame has double rows of reeding, spaced and crossing in a checkerboard pattern at the corners. The inner edge of the frame is enameled in black, yellow, and red (colors of the Belgium flag). The center of the top of the frame had a relief of a crown in silver and enamel. The frame contains a 1935 black and white photograph of an unknown woman, possibly Queen Astrid of Belgium, wearing a diamond tiara, diamond earrings, several strands of pearls, and a gown trimmed in ostrich feathers.

Object name:: FRAME WITH PHOTOGRAPH OF QUEEN ASTRID OF BELGIUM (1905-1935)
Made from:: Silver -- enamel -- glass
Made in:: New York, USA
Date made:: after 1935
Size:: 28.3 x 21.8 cm (11 1/8 x 8 9/16 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:: 12.271
Class:: SILVER
Signature marks:: MARK Cartier STERLING bottom of frame on left hand side Cartier is engraved in script Rubber Stamp Par ordre de la Maison / du Roi / reproduction strictement / interdite / sous peine de poursuite judiciaire on back of photo Rubber stamp is in red ink. The text is surrounded by a rectangular box. Du Roi and interdite are both underlined twice.
Credit line:: Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973