The firm of F & C Osler of Broad Street, Birmingham, was established in 1807 by Thomas Osler. They had London showrooms at 44 Oxford Street. At the Great Exhibition of 1851 they displayed a variety of items, among these was an impressive fountain. They supplied chandeliers for Buckingham Palace as well as the Great Palaces of India. (see John P. Smith, Osler's Crystal, London, 1991.)