Featured old photo frame

dear all

the frame is a thin metal plate and the flowers are morning glory, i think. i tried to clean it with a damp soapy cloth but doesn't seem to clean very well. what metal could it be?
the back is covered by "reptile skin" paper. i have included a closeup of the fittings and hope they will help in the dating. 1920s?

regards
phaik hooi

 

Think 20s would be the earliest for this but could be even a decade or two later. Can't tell much about the metalwork from this pic. A close up of it and maybe a look at that spot where there is corrosion might help.

 

How charming! Those morning glories are very nice.

 

i got fidgety and polished it

 

Poor things need a good ketchup-ing over that green. The green uck is oxidation, probably the brass under the silver plating. Put some ketchup on the green bits and let it sit for a few hours. Wipe off with a damp cloth and a lot of that uck will come with it. Age on the frames? 1920 sounds about right. They're not Deco, but not really Art Nouveau either or Arts and Crafts.

 

will ketchup it tomorrow

 

And we'll ketchup with you about how that goes!

 

Looks like silverplate over some kind of base metal. Think you improved them by polishing.

 

i think i stripped some silver , but the green gunk is gone

 

now i am thinking i shouldn't do anything to these .....? are they 1920s too or earlier?

 

with the haircut, the glasses and the tie /shirt/suit set up i would guess 1950's

 

as for your other frames , they are made of a combination of lead, copper, brass ,and zinc ( the coating) that is now missing and exposing the copper and lead to oxygen causing it to corrode , this would be a perfect repurpose project to me as in repaint it some funky colors and put some cool pics in it IMO .

 

thought the frame was very un-chinese, so thought someone may recognise the style. photos were taken earlier. they died before the war ended, 1944-45

 

pressed steel in a machine , the metal looks like the slag glass lamp metal ...thin . sure it could be 45 plaid has been around a long time

 

do you know what country ? it looks american pressed to me

 

nope. was hoping someone would tell me

 

my best guess would be that the one on the right is the son and the one on the left the mother it does have a 1920's style bed in it and i think the picture were of different eras the mom 1920' and the son the 40's , the son looks to be a jewish doctor or lawyer the way he is dressed but that in just my opinion , I would not do anything to them as they are perfect as is .

 

i see a wood burning stove in the mom pick also maybe someone can figure out what kind it is