Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Oct., 1887
Complete Specification Left, 21st June, 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 5th Oct., 1888
I THOMAS BOWE GIBSON of 64 Gordon Street Glasgow in the County of Lanark,
Scotland do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to certain improvements in the manufacture and ornamenta-
tion of vessels or receptacles such as jars, so called "specimen glasses" and the like
the object being to combine with a foundation or body substance woven fabrics which
will be laid on to or be drawn over the articles formed from the body or foundation.
material.
The invention is carried out as follows:-The foundation or body giving the form..
of the article or vessel will be of paper, or straw board; earthenware stiffened felt,
linoleum, corticene, oil cloth, kamptulicon and such like substances stiffened to form
the article and the woven or knitted fabrics employed will be of cotton or wool or
silk or be mixed fabrics or unions such as cotton and wool, or silk and wool or cotton
and silk whether plain or twilled or figured, or of lace or net fabric.
The woven or knitted fabrics will be laid on to the body or be stretched over same
and the said body will be colored or ornamented so that the coloring or pattern will
be disclosed through the texture of the fabric which may be plain or may be ornamented
or carry a pattern to combine with the body pattern or coloring and these fabrics may
be of parti-application that is fabrics in varying textile combinations.
The applied fabrics of heavy texture will be ornamented of themselves in color or
pattern previously to their being brought on to the body.
The body of the articles may also be formed from a material such as linoleum and
so forth, oil cloth or carpet with jute or linen back stiffened for the purpose, and the
ornamentation be produced or woven thereupon before formation of the article.";

page_text: The fabric pieces may also be produced and sold as slips that is "sleeves" of
material which may he then applied as decoration to existing bodies.
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In the decoration of the fabrics the same may be effected by weaving, embroidering,
tambouring, braiding or any other ornamentation produced by machine or by hand
work or it may he produced by printing or by stamping, impressing or flocking" or
by painting by hand work or otherwise or a combination of these.
The surfaces may be finished by the application of a hard setting varnish or
otherwise.
Dated this 5th day of October 1887
WALTER A. BARLOW,
6, St. Paul's Churchyard, London, E.C.,
Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture and Ornamentation of Vessels.
1, THOMAS, BOWE GIBSON Manufacturer St. Mirren's Mills Paisley in the county
of Renfrewshire Scotland do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
This Invention relates to certain improvements in the manufacture and ornamenta-
tion of vessels or receptacles such as jars, so called "specimen glasses" and the like,
the object being to combine with a foundation or body substance, woven fabrics to be
used for the ornamentation of the outer surface of said jars or vessels, and which will
be laid on to, or to adhere or be drawn over the articles or body foundation material
of these articles. These jars or vessels to be manufactured and ornamented may have
their body parts formed of earthenware, china, porcelain, terra-cotia, and such like, or
they may be formed of other materials to imitate these as hereinafter described.
The invention is carried out as follows:-The foundation or body giving the form
of the article or vessel will be of paper, papier-mache, or straw-board, earthenware, or
porcelain, stiffened felt, linoleum, corticenc, lincrusta, oil cloth, kamptulicon, and such
like substances stiffened to form the body of the article, or the body may be formed of
thin sheet metal plain or perforated and made up into the jar shapes, preferably
approximately cylindrical or conoidal for the purpose of receiving the open or trans-
parent woven or knitted fabrics, employed for the ornamentation of the outer surface

page_text: or the article and which will be woven or made of corresponding shape to the body,
and of cotton or wool or silk, or of mixed fabrics or unions, such as cotton and wool,
or silk and wool, or cotton and silk, whether plain or twilled or figured, or of lace or
net open or transparent woven fabric.
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The said woven or knitted fabrics will be laid on to the body or be stretched over
same; and the said body will be coloured or ornamented so that the colouring or
pattern will be disclosed through the texture of the fabric, which may be plain, or.
may be ornamented, or carry a pattern formed on it, so as to show up over, and
combine and harmonise with the body pattern or colouring and these fabrics may be
of parti-application," that is, "fabrics in varying textile combinations, as stated.
The applied fabrics, when of heavy texture, will be ornamented of themselves in
colour, or pattern, by weaving or printing, previous to their being fitted or secured
on to the body of the articles. The body of the article may also be formed from a
material such as linoleum and like materials, such as oil-cloth or carpet stiffened with
jute, canvas, or linen back, and secured at their edges in any usual manner as by a
splice, overlapping, or butt joint glued or cemented to form the body of the vessels,
and covered outside with highly glazed or enamel papers in white, or fancy colour,
either with or without coloured or raised, flocked, or embossed patterns on it as before
stated; or when made of papier maché or sheet metal, varnished or japanned in said
colours in imitation of porcelain;-to-shine through the new outer pattern fabric where
that is made transparent for the purpose of showing up the ground below.
The new outer ornamentation is produced on the said body of the vessel by the
woven fabric either woven with the patterns in plain white or in colours, or having
the patterns printed or stained on the woven fabric, all before being secured on the
article. These said ornamenting outer fabrics would be woven or printed in the web
or flat of such designs and shapes that they would be cut up and seamed together,
preferably by one seam, as invisible as possible in the vertical direction of the jar or
vessel, and of the approximate shape of the vessel, that is parallel for parallel cylindrical
vessels, and tapered for conoidal vessels, so that when sewed up they would be of the
nature of a sleeve or hollow bag covering, open at top and bottom, with the elasticity
due to the nature of the fabric, so that they could be drawn tight over the body of the
vessel for receiving them, (made of earthenware, porcelain, paper, stiff cloth material
or japanned metal as before stated), and secured by any transparent adhesive material,
as isinglass, gum, varnish or other equivalent, either over the whole surface of the
vessel or round the upper edges in the inside of the vessel, or round over the bottom
of the vessel. And when lids or tops are fitted to these new ornamented jars or
vessels, either of porcelain or other material, coloured to match the body part, cap-
shaped woven or printed ornamental coverings would be woven to suit these lids, and
be drawn over them and secured to the surface or inner edges of the lids in like
manner to the body of the vessels, to ornament their outer surface in the same
character of pattern or design. And to give these new outer cloth coverings durability,
so that they may be brushed or washed, they would preferably be varnished over the
whole outside surface in clear transparent hard setting varnish, which would show up
the colours also and may be made to make them adhere to the body part of the vessel,
without the use of the inner adhesive gums or materials before mentioned.
The decoration of these fabrics may be effected by Jacquard or other pattern muslin
or lace weaving, embroidering, tambouring, knitting, braiding, or any other ordinary
ornamentation produced by machine or hand work, or it may be produced by printing,
or by stamping, staining, impressing, embossing, or flocking, or by painting by hand
or otherwise, or a combination of these. And these new ornamenting fabric pieces
may also be manufactured as stated by weaving and printing in patterns and colours;
and in various sizes and shapes, and supplied and sold as slips" that is "sleeves
of material, for the said purpose of ornamenting jars and imitation jars or vessels,
manufactured either of porcelain or earthenware or of paper and cloth material as
before stated, the manufacturing of this new ornamental fabric in this form and its
application to said vessels for their ornamentation constituting the main improvements
of this invention, all as herein before stated.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is,--.
First. The improved manufacture of jars or other vessels or articles, by the use of a
suitably shaped supporting foundation body or shell, in combination with an open or
transparent woven or woven and printed fabric as a covering for their outer decoration
or ornamentation, substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.
Second. The manufacture of ornamental slips or sleeves" of open or transparent
woven or textile material, or combinations, whether plain or having the patterns
coloured or embossed, or otherwise produced to be applied and secured to the exterior
of the supporting body or shell of jars or vessels, for the ornamentation of these,
substantially as set forth.