FRAME WITH MINIATURE OF MARJORIE MERRIWEATHER POST AND HER DAUGHTER, NEDENIA HUTTON
Creator(s): Edward F. Caldwell & Company, Inc. (Maker)
Currently in storage
About this object
The rectangular base of the frame is made from lazurite with two steps and a band of beading. The oval frame is made from ormolu. There is a mask at the center of the base from which extend branches, leaves and flowers to the left and right. At each side of the frame is a lyre on top of a cluster of flowers. At the top is an openwork medallion with an interlaced monogram in blue enamel. The frame holds a miniature of MMP and Deenie. Mrs. Post is to the left and is holding Dina as a baby in her arms to the right.
- Object name:
- FRAME WITH MINIATURE OF MARJORIE MERRIWEATHER POST AND HER DAUGHTER, NEDENIA HUTTON
- Made from:
- Ormolu -- lazurite
- Made in:
- New York, USA
- Date made:
- 1925
- Size:
- 20.3 × 17.1 cm (8 × 6 3/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 14.106.1
- Class:
- METAL
- Signature marks:
- MARK; MONOGRAM on back of frame: Marjorie Post Hutton Nedenia Marjorie Hutton 1924, E F Caldwell & Co New York; in center top of frame: MPH
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973