FRAME WITH MINIATURE OF ELLA MERRIWEATHER POST AND HER GRANDCHILDREN
Creator(s): Cartier (Firm)
Currently in storage
About this object
The rectangular frame is made from a brown striped agate. Around the miniature is an oval frame in vermeil and white enamel. It is set at intervals with pieces of amber and at the two upper ends with a bird on a branch set with tiny diamonds. It contains an oval miniature of Ella Post with her two grandchildren, Adelaide and Eleanor.
- Object name:
- FRAME WITH MINIATURE OF ELLA MERRIWEATHER POST AND HER GRANDCHILDREN
- Made from:
- Agate -- gold -- enamel -- diamonds -- amber -- miniature
- Made in:
- New York, USA
- Date made:
- 1929
- Size:
- 19.3 × 23.3 cm (7 5/8 × 9 3/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 21.133.1
- Class:
- HARDSTONE
- Signature marks:
- MARK on back of easel: Cartier
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973