Accession Number

2020.008.005

Alternate Name

photograph frame

Description

A rectangular silver, leather, and fabric picture frame, wider at the bottom than at the top, with a hinged arm on the back to facilitate table-top display, the green moiré silk interior water-damaged, the glass unbevelled, the dark green leather back heavily worn, wrinkled, torn and soiled, the front of plain undecorated smooth silver with raised decorative border on the outside of the frame and around the border of the picture window, the silver affixed to the wooden support, the marks indicating manufacture in Chester, England in 1905, the design registration mark “473064” stamped into the silver.

Narrative

This picture frame was designed to be placed on a horizontal surface such as a mantle or table. Its history within the Dunsmuir family makes it a highly desirable object in The Castle Society’s Primary Collection.

History of Use

This picture frame was acquired by John William Bryden (1869-1953) and his wife Ellen Gertrude Tarbell (1882-1964) sometime after 1899 and used at their house on Gartley Beach at Royston, Vancouver Island, B.C. After their deaths, the frame was used by their son, Gerald Robert Bryden at his house in Royston, and then donated by his daughter to Craigdarroch Castle in 2020.

Date

1905

Dimensions

28 x 16 cm
14 cm wide at top

Material

Metal, silver; Glass; Wood; Fabric, silk; Leather

Technique

Stamped; Repoussed; Tanned

Country of Origin

United Kingdom