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FRAME

Creator(s): Heuvel & Co., Inc. (Jeweler) , Malcolm Rae (Miniaturist)

Currently in storage


About this object

The frame is an upright rectangular shape with beveled corners. The inner frame is in gold with a dark blue enamel band in the center which is interrupted by decorative pieces of lapis lazuli and gold. It contains a miniature of Nedenia Hutton standing in front of a model of the Sea Cloud. She is a young girl and wears a blue dotted dress. She is seen bust length. The frame came in its fitted box

Object name:
FRAME
Made from:
Agate -- gold -- enamel -- lapis lazuli -- miniature -- watercolor on ivory -- leather -- silk -- fabrick
Made in:
New York, USA
Date made:
c. 1930
Size:
5 3/8 × 4 3/4 in. (13.6 × 12.1 cm)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
21.126
Class:
HARDSTONE
Signature marks:
SIGNATURE: M. Rae [On miniature lower right, in red] LABEL: HEUVEL & Co, INC. / ONE EAST 57th ST., / NEW YORK [In box]
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973