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FRAME WITH MINIATURE OF ELLA MERRIWEATHER POST AND HER GRANDCHILDREN

Creator(s): Cartier (Firm)

Currently in storage


About this object

The rectangular frame is made from a brown striped agate. Around the miniature is an oval frame in vermeil and white enamel. It is set at intervals with pieces of amber and at the two upper ends with a bird on a branch set with tiny diamonds. It contains an oval miniature of Ella Post with her two grandchildren, Adelaide and Eleanor.

Object name:
FRAME WITH MINIATURE OF ELLA MERRIWEATHER POST AND HER GRANDCHILDREN
Made from:
Agate -- gold -- enamel -- diamonds -- amber -- miniature
Made in:
New York, USA
Date made:
1929
Size:
19.3 × 23.3 cm (7 5/8 × 9 3/16 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
21.133.1
Class:
HARDSTONE
Signature marks:
MARK on back of easel: Cartier
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973