Year: 1885

page_text: I, WILLIAM DEWHIRST CLIFF of Wortley near Leeds in the County of York,
Retort, Fire Brick and Tube Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of the
said invention to be as follows :-
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Heretofore high class water closets have been made in white or ivory colored
porcelain and recently they have had their exteriors exposed to view, that is, they
have not been boxed in with wood casings. Decoration has also been applied to
water closets on the outside in cases where the closet has been made of one color
on both the outside and inside, say white or ivory; this has not resulted in the
production of any very pleasing effect.
According to my invention I propose to manufacture water closets with the
outside or exterior surface of a different color to the inside; thus while the inside
may be white or ivory, the outside shall be grey, olive green, light blue or any
other color.
By preference I obtain this result by the use of colored slips, but I do not confine
myself to this method as similar results may be obtained by other means.
If desired the exterior in addition to being made of a different color to that of
the interior may also be otherwise decorated.
By producing water closets with colored exteriors a wide field is opened for the
decoration of the same in a great variety of styles.

page_text: I, WILLIAM DEWHIRST CLIFF of Wortley near Leeds in the county of York,
Retort, Fire Brick and Tube Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
Heretofore high class water closets have been made in white or ivory colored
porcelain, and recently they have had their exteriors exposed to view, that is they
have not been boxed in with wood casings.
Ornamentation in the shape of low relief patterns, has also been applied to water
closets on the outside in cases where the closet has been made of one color on both
the outside and inside, say white or ivory; this has not resulted in the production
of any very pleasing effect.
According to my invention I propose to manufacture water closets of the
character above referred to, with the outside or exterior surface of a different color
to the inside; thus while the inside may be white or ivory, the outside shall be
grey, olive green, light blue or any other color.
By preference I obtain this result by the use of colored slips but I do not confine
myself to this method, as similar results may be obtained by other means, such for
instance as the application of colored glazes thereto.
If desired the exterior, in addition to being made of a different color to that of
the interior, may also be otherwise decorated by the application thereto of relief
patterns or of transferred or other designs of various kinds or otherwise. By
producing water, closets with colored exteriors a wide field is opened for the
decoration of the same in a great variety of styles.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
In water closets such as are intended to be mounted in position for use without
an exterior wooden casing, making the outside or exterior surface of a different
color to the inside, in manner substantially as herein shown and described and for
the purpose stated.