Miniature

Museum number:
7-3212
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21070003212
Accession number:
Acc.374
Description:
Miniature; Western European king in navy dress jacket with high red collar/ front piping. Six decorations (including sheep fleece on red ribbon). Miniature, oval set in oval gold metal bezel, set into heavy, rectangular, cast engraved brass frame of elaborate ‘picture frame’ type. Decoration include shells and leaves in relief. Ring hanger at top, attached metal identity leaf engraved ‘Chas. Xth - Bordes.’ Backed in silver/red brocade. Signed ‘Bordes’ below mid left edge. Probable wall hanging. 14.1 x 10.89 cm.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
France
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Materials:
Brass (alloy), Metal, and Paper (fiber product)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Miniature (size attribute)
Accession date:
1909
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Loans:
S2001-2002 #6c: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (June 14, 2002–January 15, 2003)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 8 titled Miniature, accession number 7-3212, described as Miniature; Western European king in navy dress jacket with high red collar/ front piping. Six decorations (including sheep fleece on red ribbon). Miniature, oval set in oval gold metal bezel, set into heavy, rectangular, cast engraved brass frame of elaborate ‘picture frame’ type. Decoration include shells and leaves in relief. Ring hanger at top, attached metal identity leaf engraved ‘Chas. Xth - Bordes.’ Backed in silver/red brocade. Signed ‘Bordes’ below mid left edge. Probable wall hanging. 14.1 x 10.89 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 8 titled Miniature, accession number 7-3212, described as Miniature; Western European king in navy dress jacket with high red collar/ front piping. Six decorations (including sheep fleece on red ribbon). Miniature, oval set in oval gold metal bezel, set into heavy, rectangular, cast engraved brass frame of elaborate ‘picture frame’ type. Decoration include shells and leaves in relief. Ring hanger at top, attached metal identity leaf engraved ‘Chas. Xth - Bordes.’ Backed in silver/red brocade. Signed ‘Bordes’ below mid left edge. Probable wall hanging. 14.1 x 10.89 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 8 titled Miniature, accession number 7-3212, described as Miniature; Western European king in navy dress jacket with high red collar/ front piping. Six decorations (including sheep fleece on red ribbon). Miniature, oval set in oval gold metal bezel, set into heavy, rectangular, cast engraved brass frame of elaborate ‘picture frame’ type. Decoration include shells and leaves in relief. Ring hanger at top, attached metal identity leaf engraved ‘Chas. Xth - Bordes.’ Backed in silver/red brocade. Signed ‘Bordes’ below mid left edge. Probable wall hanging. 14.1 x 10.89 cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 8 titled Miniature, accession number 7-3212, described as Miniature; Western European king in navy dress jacket with high red collar/ front piping. Six decorations (including sheep fleece on red ribbon). Miniature, oval set in oval gold metal bezel, set into heavy, rectangular, cast engraved brass frame of elaborate ‘picture frame’ type. Decoration include shells and leaves in relief. Ring hanger at top, attached metal identity leaf engraved ‘Chas. Xth - Bordes.’ Backed in silver/red brocade. Signed ‘Bordes’ below mid left edge. Probable wall hanging. 14.1 x 10.89 cm.Hearst Museum object 5 of 8 titled Miniature, accession number 7-3212, described as Miniature; Western European king in navy dress jacket with high red collar/ front piping. Six decorations (including sheep fleece on red ribbon). Miniature, oval set in oval gold metal bezel, set into heavy, rectangular, cast engraved brass frame of elaborate ‘picture frame’ type. Decoration include shells and leaves in relief. Ring hanger at top, attached metal identity leaf engraved ‘Chas. Xth - Bordes.’ Backed in silver/red brocade. Signed ‘Bordes’ below mid left edge. Probable wall hanging. 14.1 x 10.89 cm.Hearst Museum object 6 of 8 titled Miniature, accession number 7-3212, described as Miniature; Western European king in navy dress jacket with high red collar/ front piping. Six decorations (including sheep fleece on red ribbon). Miniature, oval set in oval gold metal bezel, set into heavy, rectangular, cast engraved brass frame of elaborate ‘picture frame’ type. Decoration include shells and leaves in relief. Ring hanger at top, attached metal identity leaf engraved ‘Chas. Xth - Bordes.’ Backed in silver/red brocade. Signed ‘Bordes’ below mid left edge. Probable wall hanging. 14.1 x 10.89 cm.Hearst Museum object 7 of 8 titled Miniature, accession number 7-3212, described as Miniature; Western European king in navy dress jacket with high red collar/ front piping. Six decorations (including sheep fleece on red ribbon). Miniature, oval set in oval gold metal bezel, set into heavy, rectangular, cast engraved brass frame of elaborate ‘picture frame’ type. Decoration include shells and leaves in relief. Ring hanger at top, attached metal identity leaf engraved ‘Chas. Xth - Bordes.’ Backed in silver/red brocade. Signed ‘Bordes’ below mid left edge. Probable wall hanging. 14.1 x 10.89 cm.Hearst Museum object 8 of 8 titled Miniature, accession number 7-3212, described as Miniature; Western European king in navy dress jacket with high red collar/ front piping. Six decorations (including sheep fleece on red ribbon). Miniature, oval set in oval gold metal bezel, set into heavy, rectangular, cast engraved brass frame of elaborate ‘picture frame’ type. Decoration include shells and leaves in relief. Ring hanger at top, attached metal identity leaf engraved ‘Chas. Xth - Bordes.’ Backed in silver/red brocade. Signed ‘Bordes’ below mid left edge. Probable wall hanging. 14.1 x 10.89 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Miniature, accession number 7-3212, described as Miniature; Western European king in navy dress jacket with high red collar/ front piping. Six decorations (including sheep fleece on red ribbon). Miniature, oval set in oval gold metal bezel, set into heavy, rectangular, cast engraved brass frame of elaborate ‘picture frame’ type. Decoration include shells and leaves in relief. Ring hanger at top, attached metal identity leaf engraved ‘Chas. Xth - Bordes.’ Backed in silver/red brocade. Signed ‘Bordes’ below mid left edge. Probable wall hanging. 14.1 x 10.89 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Miniature, accession number 7-3212, described as Miniature; Western European king in navy dress jacket with high red collar/ front piping. Six decorations (including sheep fleece on red ribbon). Miniature, oval set in oval gold metal bezel, set into heavy, rectangular, cast engraved brass frame of elaborate ‘picture frame’ type. Decoration include shells and leaves in relief. Ring hanger at top, attached metal identity leaf engraved ‘Chas. Xth - Bordes.’ Backed in silver/red brocade. Signed ‘Bordes’ below mid left edge. Probable wall hanging. 14.1 x 10.89 cm.

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