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FRAME WITH PHOTOGRAPH OF GRAND DUCHESS CHARLOTTE OF LUXEMBOURG

Creator(s): Cartier (Firm)

On view in: French Drawing Room


About this object

The frame has spaced reeding which crosses in a checkerboard pattern at the corners. The inner edge of the frame is enamelled in turquoise, white and red. At the center of the top of the frame, affixed in relief, is a crown with ribbons in silver and red enamel. The frame contains a black and white photograph mounted on paper of Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg, signed and dated 1942.

Object name:
FRAME WITH PHOTOGRAPH OF GRAND DUCHESS CHARLOTTE OF LUXEMBOURG
Made from:
Silver -- enamel
Made in:
New York, USA
Date made:
mid 20th Century
Size:
31.8 x 26.2 cm (12 1/2 x 10 5/16 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
12.258
Class:
SILVER
Signature marks:
MARK CARTIER STERLING center of bottom edge of frame INSCRIPTION In grateful remembrance to Mrs. Davies / August 1942 / Charlotte of Luxembourg on bottom of photo handwritten in ink; Charlotte is underlined inscription In grateful remembrance to Mrs. Davies / August 1942 / Charlotte of Luxembourg at bottom of photograph on paper mount handwritten in ink; portion of paper on which Charlotte of Luxembourg written had been folded under.
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973