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<p>[QUOTE="northernridge, post: 139053, member: 215"]Update: My friend has heard from the curator at the Glen Foerd Mansion:</p><p><br /></p><p>"Why our two objects are very similar! So much so that if I were to guess I would say they are the same manufacturer. The metallic frames appear to be the same although yours was hard for me to see in detail from the photo. Both have Latin bible pages on the back. Yours appears to be Joshua Chapter 3, Preparations for Crossing the Jordan. The carving pattern is almost identical. Our image is painted directly onto ivory and is an image of Jenny Lind.</p><p><br /></p><p>"These frame miniatures were very popular in the mid-1800s. They are sometimes called piano key frames as the width of the blocks are similar to piano keys and the frames are typically inlay of ivory over a wooden frame. Our frame is ivory. If your frame is pretty smooth to the touch, and has a variation of wavy and swirled coloring, which is an indication of the growth of the tusks, it may be ivory. Bone typically has tiny notches where the marrow would have been. There were manufacturers of faux ivory, and the only true way to tell faux from real is the heat up a pin and see if in an inconspicuous place the pin melts into the substance. Didn't melt- you've got ivory."[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="northernridge, post: 139053, member: 215"]Update: My friend has heard from the curator at the Glen Foerd Mansion: "Why our two objects are very similar! So much so that if I were to guess I would say they are the same manufacturer. The metallic frames appear to be the same although yours was hard for me to see in detail from the photo. Both have Latin bible pages on the back. Yours appears to be Joshua Chapter 3, Preparations for Crossing the Jordan. The carving pattern is almost identical. Our image is painted directly onto ivory and is an image of Jenny Lind. "These frame miniatures were very popular in the mid-1800s. They are sometimes called piano key frames as the width of the blocks are similar to piano keys and the frames are typically inlay of ivory over a wooden frame. Our frame is ivory. If your frame is pretty smooth to the touch, and has a variation of wavy and swirled coloring, which is an indication of the growth of the tusks, it may be ivory. Bone typically has tiny notches where the marrow would have been. There were manufacturers of faux ivory, and the only true way to tell faux from real is the heat up a pin and see if in an inconspicuous place the pin melts into the substance. Didn't melt- you've got ivory."[/QUOTE]
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