Mid Century Sheffield Silver Plate Frame with Blue Velvet Back Vintage

Mid Century Sheffield Silver Plate Frame with Blue Velvet Back VintageSheffield Silver Plate Frame with Blue Velvet Back Silver plated (EPNS) I&S? likely for Israel & Sons or Ianthe Silverware, both Sheffield firms active mid century Circa 1940 60 Heavily embossed electroplated silver on copper or nickel Blue velvet covered wood or card backing with hinged easel Rococo revival motifs scrolling acanthus, shells, flowers recalling 18th century taste but executed with 20th c manufacturing methods

Les Nuits Attiques d'Aulu-Gelle par Victor Verger

The lock plate is stamped "Secure Lock"

primarily in the United States and Europe

Late 19th to Early 20th C French Ormolu and Silk Portrait Frame

20th C Mid Century

Second Edition published in 1823 in London

and prayer books—often distributed for First Communions

Possibly mercury gilded or fire gilded

and dated potentially 18/6/46 (1846)

Illustrated engravings throughout depict biblical and devotional scenes

dusky lavender/purple

and benedictions