FRAME WITH MINIATURE OF ADELAIDE BREVOORT CLOSE
Creator(s): Edward F. Caldwell & Company, Inc. (Maker)
Currently in storage
About this object
The rectangular base of the frame is made from pink marble with a band of ormolu beading along the top edge. The rectangular frame has beading along the edges. At the base are leaves and branches, which end on either side with a cornucopia of flowers and support the frame. At the top are sprays of leaves and flowers is a swag and circular design. The frame holds a miniature of Adelaide, Marjorie Post's daughter. She is a little girl and holds a dog on her lap. She wears a fancy dress with a large bow in her hair.
- Object name:
- FRAME WITH MINIATURE OF ADELAIDE BREVOORT CLOSE
- Made from:
- Ormolu -- marble
- Made in:
- New York, USA
- Date made:
- 1914
- Size:
- 21.6 × 14 cm (8 1/2 × 5 1/2 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 14.108.1
- Class:
- METAL
- Signature marks:
- MARK E.F. Caldwell & Co New York [On back of frame] INSCRIPTION Adelaide Brevoort Close 1914 [On back of frame]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973