FRAME WITH MINIATURE PORTRAIT OF ELEANOR BARZIN

On view in: First Floor Library

About this object

The agate frame is shaped like an arched doorway and rests on two stepped feet. The inner frame is made in gold with blue enamel. At the top and to the lower left and right corners are stylized ornaments in lapis lazuli, turquoise and diamonds. At two sides and bottom center are rosettes in turquoise with a diamond in center. The miniature is of Eleanor Barzin, Marjorie Post's daughter, with a dog in her arms. She is bust length and faces to the left. The background shows a forest.

Object name:: FRAME WITH MINIATURE PORTRAIT OF ELEANOR BARZIN
Made from:: Agate -- gold -- enamel -- diamonds -- turquoise
Made in:: New York, USA
Date made:: c. 1935
Size:: 5 9/16 × 4 13/16 in. (14.2 × 12.3 cm)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:: 21.125.1
Class:: HARDSTONE
Signature marks:: MARK: Cartier [on back]
Credit line:: Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973