A Franz Mayer & Co. Stained Glass Pictorial Late 19th Century Depicting Mary Baby Jesus Mary Magdeline and angels within a quatrefoil design inscribed "Gift of Mr. & Mrs. P.C. O'Brien" inscribed lower right F. Mayer Munich New York. Not framed comprised of two sections. Franz Mayer & Co. is a famous German stained glass design and manufacturing company based in Munich Germany that has been active throughout most of the world for over 150 years. The firm was very popular during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century and was the principal provider of stained glass to large Roman Catholic churches throughout the world. In 1888 a new branch in New York City was opened bringing international status and in 1892 Pope Leo XIII named the company a "Pontifical Institute of Christian Art".
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