CONFECTIONERY JEWELLERY FOR CHILDREN
Year: 1885

page_text: I, CHARLES WELLS, of 18, Walker Terrace, Plymouth, in the County of Devon,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for " CONFECTIONERY
JEWELLERY FOR CHILDREN," and in what manner the same is to be performed, to
be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
The object of my invention is the production of such personal ornaments as
jewellery to be worn by children without incurring the risk of mischief to the
wearer which is present with ornaments made of hard substances, such as coral or
metal, when worn by children, from the habit, inherent in the majority of juveniles,
of putting beads and other small articles they can lay their hands on or regard at
all in the light of play things or pass times, into their mouths, and retaining them
there, a practice frequently resulting in the trinket, or part of it, finding its way
into the child's gullet, or its stomach.
My invention prevents all such mischiefs as the swallowing, partial or complete,
of hard materials used in the manufacture of jewellery, by discarding such
materials, and replacing them by confectionery.
In order that my invention, and the means by which it is to be carried into
successful operation, may be thoroughly understood, I will now describe the same
in detail, referring in so doing to the accompanying figures which are to be taken.
as part of this specification and read therewith.
Fig. 1 is an illustration of a necklace made according to my invention; Fig 2 is
a brooch; Fig 3, an of earring; and Fig 4 a bracelet.
In necklaces made according to my invention, the beads a, a, are of confectionery
strung upon the well known thread of elastic or other soft material, which is
fastened in any convenient way, in preference to being caused to adhere to the
thread.
In producing brooches according to this invention, the only metal used is for
the pin and its adjuncts, and, at times, a plate, to which the ornamental part of
the brooch is fastened, but all the members of the ornamental part, being those
which are most likely to excite the inquisitive and destructive curiosity of children,
are made in confectionery, which, from the various attractive colours that can be
imparted to it, the ease with which it can be moulded into an infinite variety of
forms, and the facility with which, from the sticky nature of confectionery, these
can be caused to adhere, is admirably adapted for the production of articles of

page_text: jewellery for the adorment of the persons of the young. With earrings made
according to my invention, the use of metal may be confined to the usual book or
attachment, and with bracelets, to the snap or fastening.
The ease and low cost at which repairs or replacement of missing parts can be
effected, is an advantage in the case of articles exposed to so many chances of
fracture, as jewellery within the reach of its young wearer's untiring fingers, and
besides this, the pleasure derived from the wearing a pretty ornament will be
supplemented by the satisfaction of enjoying a sweetmeat afterwards.
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
The manufacture of children's jewellery from confectionery the latter replacing
the hard substances such as coral, jet, glass and metal generally used, (and being
strung on and not incorporated with the thread e.g. of a necklace or bracelet ;)
substantially as described with reference to the accompanying figures.
Dated this on day one,
PHILLIPS & LEIGH,
Patent Agents,
22, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.