FRAME WITH PHOTOGRAPH OF MARJORIE MERRIWEATHER POST (ONE OF TWO)
Creator(s): Cartier (Firm)
Currently in storage
About this object
The square frame of moss agate has semicircular corners and the sides curve inwards. The inner frame is in gold with white enamel and four sapphires in the center of each side. In each of the four corners is a rosette of tiny diamonds with a sapphire in the center. It contains a photograph of Marjorie Merriweather Post as an older woman.
- Object name:
- FRAME WITH PHOTOGRAPH OF MARJORIE MERRIWEATHER POST (ONE OF TWO)
- Made from:
- Agate -- gold -- enamel -- diamonds -- sapphires -- photograph -- glass
- Made in:
- New York, USA
- Date made:
- c. 1930
- Size:
- standing: 2 7/8 × 3 1/4 × 2 1/2 in. (7.3 × 8.3 × 6.4 cm) photograph: 1 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (3.8 × 3.8 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 21.130.1
- Class:
- HARDSTONE
- Signature marks:
- MARK: Cartier NY [On stand]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973