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This chandelier can be firmly attributed to Osler who produced an identical design (no. 2537) for a larger red and white chandelier for their 1883 catalogue.
The firm of Osler was established in 1807 by Thomas Osler in Broad Street, Birmingham, and first produced small ornaments and glass prisms for chandeliers. Osler's sons, Follett and Clarkson, assumed control of the firm in 1831 eventually reorganising it as F. & C. Osler, moving to new premises, and in 1852, opening their own glass factory. In 1847 Osler produced a pair of colossal candelabra standing 17 feet tall for the tomb of Muhammad at Medina for Ibrahim Pasha (d. 1848), an Egyptian General and heir to the throne. This order and subsequent ones, for Queen Victoria and for the ruler of Nepal, prompted Osler to produce a monumental Crystal Fountain for the 1851 Great Exhibition, which stood 27 feet tall at the centre of the Crystal Palace. As early as 1840 the Oslers were associated with a silver and jewellery house in Calcutta where, by 1843, they had a full time agent and shortly thereafter opened a store at Dalhousie Square. It is testament to the strength of the Indian market for their wares that Osler had a shop in Calcutta before opening London premises at 44 Oxford Street in 1845.
Osler's designs of this time were largely in clear cut and moulded glass, but their pattern books reveal that by the 1860s they were producing 'coloured furniture'. Designs for chandeliers and lamps appear with two layered colours of glass, whereby the top white layer was cut through to reveal coloured glass beneath. Ruby glass, as here, was most often used, but deep green was also popular. Much of this coloured glass was produced for export to the royal families of India. Examples similar to the present lot, and including identical elements, remain in Indian palaces including massive chandeliers at Jai Vilas Palace, Gwalior, and Qila Mubarak, Patiala, and a floor lamp at Motibagh Palace, Patiala (Spillman op. cit fig 3-11; 3-14; 3-18).
The firm of Osler was established in 1807 by Thomas Osler in Broad Street, Birmingham, and first produced small ornaments and glass prisms for chandeliers. Osler's sons, Follett and Clarkson, assumed control of the firm in 1831 eventually reorganising it as F. & C. Osler, moving to new premises, and in 1852, opening their own glass factory. In 1847 Osler produced a pair of colossal candelabra standing 17 feet tall for the tomb of Muhammad at Medina for Ibrahim Pasha (d. 1848), an Egyptian General and heir to the throne. This order and subsequent ones, for Queen Victoria and for the ruler of Nepal, prompted Osler to produce a monumental Crystal Fountain for the 1851 Great Exhibition, which stood 27 feet tall at the centre of the Crystal Palace. As early as 1840 the Oslers were associated with a silver and jewellery house in Calcutta where, by 1843, they had a full time agent and shortly thereafter opened a store at Dalhousie Square. It is testament to the strength of the Indian market for their wares that Osler had a shop in Calcutta before opening London premises at 44 Oxford Street in 1845.
Osler's designs of this time were largely in clear cut and moulded glass, but their pattern books reveal that by the 1860s they were producing 'coloured furniture'. Designs for chandeliers and lamps appear with two layered colours of glass, whereby the top white layer was cut through to reveal coloured glass beneath. Ruby glass, as here, was most often used, but deep green was also popular. Much of this coloured glass was produced for export to the royal families of India. Examples similar to the present lot, and including identical elements, remain in Indian palaces including massive chandeliers at Jai Vilas Palace, Gwalior, and Qila Mubarak, Patiala, and a floor lamp at Motibagh Palace, Patiala (Spillman op. cit fig 3-11; 3-14; 3-18).