FRAME
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
The elaborate frame has an inner border surrounded by garnets. Below is a lover's knot in white enamel and above a rosette in red enamel set with crystals. The outside of the lower half is in blue glass. At the top is a crown in various colored enamels and set with crystals. This is supported by two enameled mermaids and each holding a large flower. The back is engraved with leaf sprays and has an easel foot.
- Object name:
- FRAME
- Made from:
- Silver -- garnets -- glass -- enamel -- crystals -- photograph
- Made in:
- Austria
- Date made:
- 19th c.
- Size:
- 12.7 x 8.3 cm (5 x 3 1/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.281
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973