IMPROVEMENTS IN ORNA- minna on C AND OTHED LAMPS
Year: 1864

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Hunt, of Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN ORNA-
minna on C AND OTHED LAMPS"
Sealed the 20th October 1864, and dated the 30th April 1864.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Hunt at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 30th April
1864.
I, JOHN HUNT, of Birmingham, in the County of. Warwick, Manufacturer,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
ORNAMENTING THE GLOBES AND SHADES OF GAS AND OTHER LAMPS," to be as
follows:-
My Invention relates principally to the ornamenting of such globes and
shades for lamps as are provided with a dome of terra cotta, which becoming
hot on the burning of the lamp prevents the formation of smoke, but is also
applicable to lamp shades or globes of the ordinary kind.
In ornamenting globes and shades baving terra cotta domes, I glaze
portions of the said domes by means of a coloured glaze, the said colored glaze
being applied in ornamental forms on the upper side or exterior of the dome;
and I also ornament by a coloured glaze the knob which surmounts the dome.
The ornamenting of the dome and knob may be effected with one or more
coloured glazes. Instead of supporting the dome upon the globe or shade by
means of a simple metallic gallery, I surround the said gallery with an

page_text: ornamental carona of terra cotta, which I also colour by the use of coloured
glazes. The glazes I employ are such as are commonly employed by potters.
In ornamenting ordinary globes and shades, I add to the globe or shade a
corona of terra cotta ornamented by coloured glaze, or a corona of metal
ornamented by enamel. Or I make a corona on the globe or shade itself,
the said corona being made in one piece with the globe or shade, and orna-
mented by being enamelled.
Instead of employing the coloured glazes used by potters for ornamenting
the domes and coronas of terra cotta, coloured enamels may be used for that
purpose.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said John Hunt in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 24th
October 1864.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
HUNT, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturer, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Thirtieth day of April, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, in the twenty-seventh year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said John Hunt, Her special licence that I, the said John Hunt, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said John
Hunt, 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
ORNAMENTING THE GLOBES AND SHADES OF GAS AND OTHER LAMPS," upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said John Hunt, 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 John Hunt, do hereby declare the
nature of the said 'Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-

page_text: ormed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof, that is to say:-
My Invention relates principally to the ornamenting of such globes.and
shades for lamps as are provided with a dome of terra cotta, which becoming
hot on the burning of the lamp prevents the formation of smoke; but my
Invention is also applicable to lamp shades or globes of the ordinary kind.
In ornamenting globes and shades having terra cotta domes, I glaze
portions of the said domes by means a coloured glaze, the said coloured glaze
being applied in ornamental forms on the upper side or exterior of the
dome, and I also ornament by a coloured glaze the knob which surmounts
the dome. The ornamenting of the dome and knob may be effected with one
or more coloured glazes. Instead of supporting the dome upon the globe or
shade by means of a simple metallic gallery, I either make the gallery of
metal or terra cotta, and surround the said gallery with an ornamental corona
of terra cotta, which I also colour by the use of coloured glazes. The glazes
I employ are such as are commonly employed by potters.
In ornamenting ordinary globes and shades, I add to the globe or shade a
corona of terra cotta, ornamented by coloured glaze, or a corona of metal,
ornamented by coloured enamels. Or I make a corona on the globe or glass
itself, the said corona being made in one piece with the globe or shade, and
ornamented by being enamelled.
Instead of employing the coloured glazes used by potters for ornamenting
the domes and coronas of terra cotta, coloured enamels may be used for that
purpose.
Having explained the nature of my Invention, I will proceed to describe,
with reference to the accompanying Drawing, the manner in which the same
is to be performed.
Figure 1 represents, in elevation, a globe or shade provided with a terra
cotta dome, the said dome and the knob thereof being ornamented according
to my Invention. The portions of the said dome and knob, which I ornament
by the application of a coloured glaze or glazes are marked a, the said glaze.or
glazes being applied in the form of bands, as represented, but the glazed
portions may have any required ornamental form given to them. Although I
prefer to use a coloured glaze or glazes which will produce a bright glaze on
the terra cotta dome, yet a coloured glaze or glazes may be used which will
produce a dead or non-reflecting surface.
Figure 2 represents a terra cotta dome ornamented according to my Inven-
tion, surrounded by a metallic corona, which metallic corona is ornamented by
coloured enamels.

page_text: Figures 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, represent several forms of terra cotta coronas,
made according to my Invention, combined with ornamented terra cotta domes,
the said coronas being marked 6 in the said Figures 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7. The
knobs or terminations c of the terra cotta domes d, in Figures 4, 5, 6, and 7,
differ in shape from that represented in Figures 1 and 2, the said knobs c,
domes d, 'and coronas b, being coloured or ornamented by the use of coloured.
glazes, as herein-before describe:l.
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Figure. 8 represents an ordinary globe or shade to which a terra cotta corona
is applied according to my Invention; and Figures 9 and 10 represent the
corona in elevation and section respectively; the said corona, Figures 8, 9,
and 10, may either be coloured or ornamented by applying a coloured glaze or
glazes, or be left uncoloured. Or the terra cotta corona may be made.of an
ornamental figure, as represented, or it may consist of a plain band or ring.
Instead of a corona of terra cotta applied to the globe or shade, as represented
in Figure 8, a metallic corona ornamented by coloured enamels may be used.
Figures 11, 12, and 13, represent several forms of glass globes or shades
and coronas, the said globes or shades and coronas in each case being made in
one piece, according to my Invention. The coronas in the said Figures 11,
12, and 13, are marked e, and are ornamented by means of coloured enamels.
Other forms than those represented in Figures 11, 12, and 13, may be given
to the glass coronas.
In place of employing the coloured glazes used by potters for ornamenting
the terra cotta domes and coronas, as herein-before described, coloured enamels
may be used for that purpose with the same or nearly the same effect.
Having now described the nature of my Invention, and the manner in which
the same is to be performed, I wish it to be understood that I do not limit
myself to the precise details herein described and illustrated in the Drawing,
as the same may be varied without departing from the nature of my Invention;
but I claim as my Invention of improvements in ornamenting the globes and.
shades of gas and other lamps,-
Firstly, ornamenting the upper side or exterior of the terra cotta domes!
used with the said globes and shades, and the knobs or terminations of the
said domes by applying thereto in ornamental forms a coloured glaze or
coloured glazes of the kinds commonly used by potters, or by applying thereto
coloured enamels, as herein-before described and illustrated in Figures 1, 2,
3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, of the accompanying Drawing..
Secondly, applying to the terra cotta domes used with globes or shades,
whether of the ordinary kind or ornamented according to my Invention, an
ornamental corona of terra cotta, either plain or coloured, with a coloured glaze

page_text: or glazes, or coloured enamel or enamels, or a corona of metal ornamented by
coloured enamels, as herein-before described and illustrated in Figures 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, and 7 of the accompanying Drawing.
Thirdly, ornamenting ordinary globes and shades by applying thereto a
corona of terra cotta, either plain or ornamented by a coloured glaze or glazes,
or a coloured enamel or enamels, as herein-before described and illustrated in
Figures 8, 9, and 10 of the accompanying Drawing. Also ornamenting the
said globes and shades, by applying thereto a corona of metal ornamented by
coloured enamels.
Fourthly, making a corona on the glass globe or shade itself, and in one
piece therewith, the said corona being ornamented by applying thereto coloured
enamels, as herein-before described and illustrated in Figures 11, 12, and 13
of the accompanying Drawing.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Hunt, have hereunto set my
haud and seal, this Twenty-second day of October, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four.
Witness,
RICHARD SKERRETT,
Clerk to George Shaw,
Birmingham.
JOHN HUNT. (L.S.)