Photograph Frame

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Object Name: 
Photograph Frame
Place Made: 
Accession Number: 
2016.2.19
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 29.7 cm, W: 20.5 cm, D: 3.2 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1890-1900
Web Description: 
This photograph frame is one of a pair purchased by Shahjahan Begum (Indian, 1838-1901), the ruler of the state of Bhopal in central India.
Department: 
Provenance: 
Agrawal, Ashok, Source
2015
to
2016-11-08
Begum, Shahjahan (Indian, 1838-1901), Former Collection
Begum, Sahibzadi Faiza Sultan (b. 1945), Former Collection
2015
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Technique: 
Material: 
Inscription: 
OSLER
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Stamped (d) on back of brass back plate
3
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Stamped (b) on top of bottom edge of brass frame heavily corroded and difficult to decipher
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Stamped (d) on front of brass back plate
Primary Description: 
Photograph Frame. Colorless glass, brass; cut, assembled. Colorless cut glass frame for displaying photographs with brass backing, matching Osler catalog No. 0458. Frame is in the form of an architectural façade with spiral columnar sides supporting an arched top with radiate lines, and crenellated top. Simple stars are cut into the top and bottom of each column at the four corners of the frame, and most of the surfaces are decorated with cross hatching. Brass back is plain with four screws to secure the back into the glass, with a hole to hang from a wall and a kick stand to display on a table. (a) Glass frame; (b) brass frame; (c) colorless glass glazing; (d) brass back plate with hook and kickstand. Brass frame retains two original domed brass washers.
Acquisitions (2017) illustrated, p. 40 (#26); BIB# AI103665
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 2016 (2016) illustrated, p. 63; BIB# 714015
F. & C. Osler, Calcutta (1900) p. 131 (#0458); BIB# 167257
F. & C. Osler, Calcutta. (1876) p. 131 (#0458); BIB# 92821