FRAME WITH PHOTOGRAPH OF DINA MERRILL (NEDENIA HUTTON)

Creator(s): Unknown (Jeweler)

On view in: First Floor Library

About this object

The frame is rectangular with the top edge slightly curved. At the top center is an oval carved medallion in mottled green jade. The frame is carved in spinach jade with an openwork design of leaves and flowers. The frame ontains a black and white phototgraph mounted on cardboard of Nedenia Hutton (Dina Merrill), ca. 1955, seated, chin resting on her left wrist, looking to her left.

Object name:

FRAME WITH PHOTOGRAPH OF DINA MERRILL (NEDENIA HUTTON)

Made from:

Jade -- brass -- photograph

Made in:

China

Date made:

mid 20th Century

Size:

33.3 x 27.2 cm (13 1/8 x 10 11/16 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

62.125

Class:

HARDSTONE

Signature marks:

Inscription CHINA Back of frame along left side. Handwritten in white ink. Inscription CHINA Back of frame at top. Handwritten in white ink. Inscription CHINA Back of frame along right side. Handwritten in white ink. Inscription CHINA Back of frame at bottom. Hanwritten in white ink. Inscription John Engstead Lower right corner of photograph. Embossed in raised letters.

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973