PAPERWEIGHT, ONE OF TWO
Creator(s): William Egley (Maker)
On view in: Marjorie Post's Bedroom
About this object
Each consists of a winged putto holding an oval picture frame, seated on an oval shaped base which curves up and inward and is decorated with fluting. The frame contains a miniature bust-length portrait of a young boy. Behind each putto, lying on the base is a bow and quiver full of arrows.
- Object name:
- PAPERWEIGHT, ONE OF TWO
- Made from:
- Gilt bronze -- miniature
- Made in:
- France
- Date made:
- ca. 1760-ca. 1856
- Size:
- 14 x 17.8 cm (5 1/2 x 7 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 14.5.2
- Class:
- METAL
- Signature marks:
- LABEL Inscribed in ink on the back of the miniature "Painted by Wm. Egley, 8 Montague St. Portman Square, London, March 18, 1856."
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973