or Plate Glass.
Year: 1886

page_text: or Plate Glass.
We, WILLIAM JUKES, of 219, Victoria Road, Aston, Warwickshire, Glass Cutter,
and WALTER JAMES KERSHAW, of 194, Hagley Road, Birmingham, Warwickshire,
Chartered Accountant, 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 :-
The object of our Invention is to produce ornamental designs in relief on the
surface of glass articles and sheet or plate glass in imitation of, but at a much
lower cost than, engraved or cameo glass or glass-ware; and our Invention is
particularly applicable to the ornamentation of articles of blown glass such as
globes for oil or gas lights, vases and the like.
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We will describe our Invention by referring to the accompanying drawing in
which as an example Fig. 1 represents in partial elevation a globe for a gas or oil
light ornamented with medallions in accordance with our Invention; Fig. 2 is a
sectional plan of the same and Fig. 3 represents separately in elevation and Fig. 4
in section one of the ornamental medallions of the globe represented by the pre-
ceeding Figures.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the Figures.
A is an ordinary globe for a gas or oil light which according to our Invention is
decorated by the medallions B which are made of pressed glass in the ordinary
manner, that is to say, molten glass is placed in a bottom die of corresponding
shape to the said medallions B and then pressed by means of a top die of similar
contour to the globe A so that the back surfaces b¹ of the medallions B will be
shaped so as to fit in the globe A. We sometimes find it necessary to grind the
back surfaces 61 after the medallions have been allowed to cool in order to ensure
their fitting on the globe A. We attach the medallions B to the globe A by any
ordinary transparent cement such for instance as that known as "coaguline" the
globe and medallion being first heated to the required degree.
The medallions B may either be made of colourless glass or they may be partly
or wholly coloured either by hand painting or by using molten coloured glass
in any of the well known methods now employed in making other pressed glass
articles.

page_text: It will be evident that instead of the medallions B, animals, figures, flowers or
other ornamental designs of pressed glass can be similarly employed for the orna-
mentation of the globe A and that our Invention is applicable to the ornamentation
of other glass-ware similarly as hereinbefore described with reference to the glass
globe A.
Our Invention can be applied to the ornamentation of mirrors and other articles
of sheet or plate glass similarly as hereinbefore described with reference to a glass
globe the back surface of the ornament being made flat or curved to suit the article
to which it is to be attached.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is
The improved manufacture of ornamented glass articles hereinbefore described
with reference to the accompanying drawing, that is to say, forming ornamental
designs of pressed glass shaped as described to fit on to the article required to be
ornamented and attaching the said ornamental designs to glass articles or sheet or
plate glass by means of transparent cement as hereinbefore described.
Dated this 18th dow of Tony 1886