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FRAME

Creator(s): Fabergé (Firm) , Henrik Immanuel Wigström (Workmaster) , A. Suzi (Miniaturist)

Currently in storage


About this object

The frame is oval in shape. The opening for the photograph has a circle of small diamonds with the imperial crown and sprays of lily-of-the-valley at the top, also in diamonds. The rest of the frame is in oyster enamel on a sunburst guilloche ground. The miniature depicts Marwee Durant Dye.

Object name:
FRAME
Made from:
silver gilt -- diamonds -- enamel -- miniature -- watercolor on ivory
Made in:
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Date made:
early 20th-mid 20th Century
Size:
5.7 × 5.1 cm (2 1/4 × 2 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
12.146
Class:
SILVER
Signature marks:
MARK; SIGNATURE strut: 1. A. Fabergé twice in Cyrillic; 2. 84 twice for silver standard; on front right center of miniature: A. Suzi; HW and 88 [reverse of frame]
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973