IMPROVEMENTS IN THE APPLICATION OF GLASS TO ORNAMENTAL AND USEFUL PURPOSES
Year: 1858

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Louis Petre, of Hatton Garden, in the County of
Middlesex, Glass Silverer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
APPLICATION OF GLASS TO ORNAMENTAL AND USEFUL PURPOSES,"
Sealed the 12th May 1859, and dated the 13th November 1858.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Louis Petre at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 13th
November 1858.
I, LOUIS PETRE, of Hatton Garden, in the County of Middlesex, Glass
Silverer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE.
MENTS IN THE APPLICATION OF GLASS TO ORNAMENTAL AND USEFUL PURPOSES," to be
as follows:-
My improvements in the application of glass to ornamental and useful
purposes consists in the use of glass ornamented or otherwise prepared on the
one side, the ornament or subject of such preparation being visible through
the glass; on the ornament or subject so prepared 1 lay a coat of paint, &
when dry a coating of copal or other suitable varnish, which I sprinkle by
means of a sieve with sand or similar material, I then let the whole dry, and
afterwards apply a substance of cement over the entire surface, to which it
The thickness of
adheres and becomes as one solid piece with the glass.
cement is regulated according to the purpose intended and strength required.
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page_text: In this way thin sheets of glass may be silvered and used as looking glasses,
and which have the requisite substance and strength supplied by the thickness
of cement; or it may be for ornamental purposes; or the ornament may be
otherwise produced on the glass by painting, or in other suitable manner;
surfaces so prepared are applicable for mantel-pieces, tables, and a variety of
other purposes. Also for shop signs or names, street names, and various other
similarly useful purposes; the names or devices being applied on the back of
the glass, and otherwise completed as before described.
When such tablets or surfaces are applied on brick walls, as the names
of streets, a surface of cement is applied to the wall, to which the cement of
the tablet or surface is caused to adhere, which thus becomes as one substance
with the wall. The signs or devices so applied are perfectly protected, and at
all times present a clear surface, which renders the device or sign perfectly
visible at all times, which cannot be defaced or broken without great severity,
and such as would be injurious to the wall. The surfaces may be applied
to any other substance thau a brick wall, it being simply necessary to use a
cement suitable for adhesion to the substance to which the sign or ornamental
surface is to be applied.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed,
by the said Louis Petre in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
13th May 1859.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, Louis
PETRE, of Hatton Garden, in the County of Middlesex, Glass Silverer, scud
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Thirteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, in the twenty-second year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Louis Petre, Her special licence that I, the said Louis Petre
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
Louis Petre, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE APPLICATION OF GLASS TO ORNAMENTAL AND USEFUL PURPOSES," upon the

page_text: condition (amongst others) that I, the said Louis Petre, my executors or
administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of
their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature
of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed,
and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Louis Petre, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what mauner the same is to be per.
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement (that is to say):-
:-
My improvements in the application of glass to ornamental and useful
purposes consist in the use of glass having ornamental or other subjecis
prepared on the one side, the ornament or subject of such preparation being
visible through the glass, while the glass adheres to walls or other surfaces
desired, or to a thickness of material, whereby to afford the substance and
strength required for any ornamental or useful purpose. On the ornament or
subject prepared on the glass I lay a coat or coats of paint, and when dry a
coating of copal, or other suitable varnish, or it may be paint, glue, siccative
oil, or other suitable adhesive matter, ou which I sprinkle while still wet a
coating of sand or similar material uniformly, by means of a sieve or other-
wise; I then allow the whole to dry, & I afterwards apply a slate, stone, or
other suitable substance coated with cement in its soft and plastic state, as
newly applied, which adheres firmly to the slate or other suitable substance,
and to the entire ornamental and sauded surface, which is thus united to the
slate or other substance, and becomes as one solid piece therewith. Upon the
slate or other thickness of material, if thin, I apply a thickness of cement or
other material, according to the purpose intended and the strength required.
In this way thin sheets of glass may be silvered and used as looking-glasses,
and which have the requisite substance and strength supplied by the thickness
of cement or other material; such silvered glass may be used for other useful
or ornamental purposes.
The ornament or device I produce on the glass by painting, or in other
suitable manner, as well understood in silvering, staining, painting and other-
wise ornamenting glass. Surfaces so prepared are applicable for mantel-
pieces, tables, and a variety of other purposes, ornamental and useful; also
for shop signs, names, or numbers, street names, and various other similar
useful purposes. The names, devices, or other subjects are applied on the
back of the glass, and completed as herein-before described.

page_text: When such tablets or surfaces are applied on brick walls, as for the name
of streets, a surface of cement is applied to the wall to which the cement of
the tablet or surface is caused to adhere, which thus becomes as one substance
with the wall. The signs or devices so applied are perfectly protected, being
covered by the glass, which has a tendency to remain clean, while by the
transparency of that material, the device or sign is at all times perfectly
visible through it, and which, moreover, cannot be defaced or broken without
great violence, and such as would be injurious to the wall. These surfaces
may be applied to any other substances than a brick wall, it being simply
necessary to use a cement suitable to effect the adhesion of the sign or
ornamental surface to the substance to which it is to be applied.
Having described the nature of my Invention, and the manner of per-
forming the same, 1 declare that what I claim as any Juvention to be
protected by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is, the application
of glass to cover and protect silvering or other ornament, device, or subject,
by causing the glass to adhere to cement and other material, as herein-before
described, whereby to form a solid body of sufficient thickness for the pro-
tection of the glass and the device or subject, or for its adhesion to a wall or
other surface as a solid piece therewith, as herein-before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Louis Petre, have her euuto set my hand
and seal, this Twelfth day of May, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.
Witness,
WILLIAM CLARK, Patent Agent,
53, Chancery Lane, London.
L. PETRE. (L.S.)

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Louis Petre, of Hatton Garden, in the County of
Middlesex, Glass Silverer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
APPLICATION OF GLASS TO ORNAMENTAL AND USEFUL PURPOSES."
Sealed the 12th May 1859, and dated the 13th November 1858.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Louis Petre at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 13th
'November 1858.
I, LOUIS PETRE, of Hatton Garden, in the County of Middlesex, Glass
Silverer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE APPLICATION OF GLASS TO ORNAMENTAL AND USEFUL PURPOSES," to be
as follows:
·
My improvements in the application of glass to ornamental and useful
purposes consists in the use of glass ornamented or otherwise prepared on the
one side, the ornament or subject of such preparation being visible through
the glass; on the ornament or subject so prepared I lay a coat of paint, &
when dry a coating of copal or other suitable varnish, which I sprinkle by
means of a sieve with sand or similar material, I then let the whole dry, and
afterwards apply a substance of cement. over the entire surface, to which it
adheres and becomes as one solid piece with the glass. The thickness of
cement is regulated according to the purpose intended and strength required.

page_text: In this way thin sheets of glass may be silvered and used as looking glasses,
and which have the requisite substance and strength supplied by the thickness
of cement; or it may be for ornamental purposes; or the ornament may be
otherwise produced on the glass by painting, or in other suitable manner;
surfaces so prepared are applicable for mantel-pieces, tables, and a variety of
other purposes. Also for shop signs or names, street names, and various other
similarly useful purposes; the names or devices being applied on the back of
the glass, and otherwise completed as before described.
When such tablets or surfaces are applied on brick walls, as the names
of streets, a surface of cement is applied to the wall, to which the cement of
the tablet or surface is caused to adhere, which thus becomes as one substance
with the wall. The signs or devices so applied are perfectly protected, and at
all times present a clear surface, which renders the device or sign perfectly
visible at all times, which cannot be defaced or broken without great severity,
and such as would be injurious to the wall. These surfaces may be applied
to any other substance than a brick wall, it being simply necessary to use a
cement suitable for adhesion to the substance to which the sign or ornamental
surface is to be applied.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Louis Petre in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
13th May 1859.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, LOUIS
PETRE, of Hatton Garden, in the County of Middlesex, Glass Silverer, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Thirteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, in the twenty-second year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Louis Petre, Her special licence that I, the said Louis Petre,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
Louis Petre, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE APPLICATION OF GLASS TO ORNAMENTAL AND USEFUL PURPOSES,"
the
upon

page_text: condition (amongst others) that I, the said Louis Petre, my executors or
administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of
their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature
of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed,
and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Louis Petre, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement (that is to say) :-
My improvements in the application of glass to ornamental and useful
purposes consist in the use of glass having ornamental or other subjects
prepared on the one side, the ornament or subject of such preparation being
visible through the glass, while the glass adheres to walls or other surfaces
desired, or to a thickness of material, whereby to afford the substance and
strength required for any ornamental or useful purpose. On the ornament or
subject prepared on the glass I lay a coat or coats of paint, and when dry a
coating of copal, or other suitable varnish, or it may be paint, glue, siccative
oil, or other suitable adhesive matter, on which I sprinkle while still wet a
coating of sand or similar material uniformly, by means of a sieve or other-
wise; I then allow the whole to dry, & I afterwards apply a slate, stone, or
othe.. suitable substance coated with cement in its soft and plastic state, as
newly applied, which adheres firmly to the slate or other suitable substance,
and to the entire ornamental and sanded surface, which is thus united to the
slate or other substance, and becomes as one solid piece therewith. Upon the
slate or other thickness of material, if thin, I apply a thickness of cement or
other material, according to the purpose intended and the strength required.
In this way thin sheets of glass may be silvered and used as looking-glasses,
and which have the requisite substance and strength supplied by the thickness
of cement or other material; such silvered glass may be used for other useful
or ornamental purposes.
also
The ornament or device I produce on the glass by painting, or in other
suitable manner, as well understood in silvering, staining, painting and other-
wise ornamenting glass. Surfaces so prepared are applicable for mantel-
pieces, tables, and a variety of other purposes, ornamental and useful;
for shop signs, names, or numbers, street names, and various other similar
useful purposes. The names, devices, or other subjects are applied on the
back of the glass, and completed as herein-before described.

page_text: When such tablets or surfaces are applied on brick walls, as for the name
of streets, a surface of cement is applied to the wall to which the cement of
the tablet or surface is caused to adhere, which thus becomes as one substance
with the wall. The signs or devices so applied are perfectly protected, being
covered by the glass, which has a tendency to remain clean, while by the
transparency of that material, the device or sign is at all times perfectly
visible through it, and which, moreover, cannot be defaced or broken without
great violence, and such as would be injurious to the wall. These surfaces
may be applied to any other substances than a brick wall, it being simply
necessary to use a cement suitable to effect the adhesion of the sign or
ornamental surface to the substance to which it is to be applied.
Having described the nature of my Invention, and the manner of per-
forming the same, I declare that what I claim as my Invention to be
protected by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is, the application
of glass to cover and protect silvering or other ornament, device, or subject,
by causing the glass to adhere to cement and other material, as berein-before
described, whereby to form a solid body of sufficient thickness for the pro-
tection of the glass and the device or subject, or for its adhesion to a wall or
other surface as a solid piece therewith, as herein-before described..
In witness whereof, I, the said Louis Petre, have hereunto set my Land
and seal, this Twelfth day of May, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.
Witness,
WILLIAM CLARK, Patent Agent,
53, Chancery Lane, London.
L. PETRE. (L.S.).