AN IMPROVED METHOD OF ORNAMENTING OR DECORATING GLASS IN IMITATION OF MOSAIC OR SIMILAR WORK
Year: 1884

page_text: I JAMES BUDD, of 3 Finchley Road, in the County of Surrey, Manufacturer,
do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "AN IMPROVED METHOD OF
ORNAMENTING OR DECORATING GLASS IN IMITATION OF MOSAIC OR SIMILAR WORK "
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the ornamentation of sheets, plates or surfaces of glass
by giving to the same the appearance or similitude of mosaic work and the like,
such as patterns, pictures or designs on tiles slabs or plaques of porcelain or similar
material.
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Its chief object is the formation or decoration of ceilings, but it is applicable to
walls and other parts of buildings and to tables and other articles of furniture, and
in all cases where the surface of the building or article will permit the application
thereto of a sheet, plate, or slab.
In practising my invention I take any ornamental design and lithograph the
same on paper; I then transfer the design to glass by the aid of the following
compound or mixture viz :-
Nitrate of strontium one part, and ordinary starch two parts, dissolved in cold
water and boiled until the surplus water is evaporated.
This mixture forms a paste which I apply to the surface of the glass and also to
the surface of the lithograph design. I then place the paper upon the surface of
the glass, and on the back of the paper I lay a sheet of oil-cloth or other suitably
strong material, and by pressure applied to the back of the same, I squeeze out all
the superfluous paste.
The glass sheet or plate with the design thus transferred to it.is placed on a table
heated by steam or otherwise and whereby it is quickly dried.
Then by means of sand paper or the like the paper is buffed or rubbed till nearly
the whole of it is removed, a very delicate or thin layer or substance of the paper
being left adhering to the pattern or design on the glass. Then the glass sheet or
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page_text: plate is again placed on the heated table, and over the remaining thin-substance of
paper spermacetti or paraffine wax is applied to impart lustre or brilliancy to the
design and to form, a water-proof and protective coating therefor.
The sheet of glass thus prepared and decorated or ornamented is suitable for use
for any of the above purposes. But I usually further finish the same by
marbleizing of veining, marking or graining the surface in imitation of marble
or otlier'stone as described in the specification of my invention of "An improved
process. or method of imparting to glass the appearance of marble or other stone
bearing the same date as this application.
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page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
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JAMES BUDD of 3 Finchley Road in the County of Surrey Manufacturer
do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "AN IMPROVED METHOD Or
ORNAMENTING OR DECORATING GLASS IN IMITATION OF MOSAIC OR SIMILAR WORK
and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to the ornamentation of sheets plates or surfaces of glass
by giving to the same the appearance or, similitude of mosaic work and the like
such as patterns, pictures or designs on tiles slabs or plaques of porcelain or similar
material. Its chief object is the formation or decoration of ceilings but it is
applicable to walls and other parts of buildings and to tables and other articles of
furniture and in all cases where the surface of the building or article will permit
the application thereto of a sheet plate or slab.
In practising my invention I take any ornamental dosign and lithograph the
same on paper. I then transfer the design to glass by the aid of the following
compound or mixture viz :—
"
Nitrate of strontium one part and ordinary starch two parts dissolved in cold
water and boiled until the surplus water is evaporated.
This mixture forms a paste which I apply to the surface of the glass and also to
the surface of the lithograph design. I then place the paper upon the surface of
the glass and on the back of the paper I lay a sheet of oil cloth or other suitably
strong material and by pressure applied to the back of the same I squeeze out all
the superfluous paste.
The glass sheet or plate with. the design thus transferred to it is placed on a
table heated by steam or otherwise and whereby it is quickly dried. Then by
means of sand paper or the like the paper is buffed or rubbed till nearly the whole
of it is removed a very delicate or thin layer or substance of the paper being left
adhering to the pattern or design on the glass.
Then the glass sheet or plate is again placed on the heated table and over the
remaining thin substance of paper spermacetti or paraffin wax is applied to impart
lustre or brilliancy to the design and to form a waterproof and protective coating
therefor.
The sheet of glass thus prepared and decorated or ornamented is suitable for use
for any of the above purposes. But, I usually further finish the same by
marbleizing or veining marking or graining the surface in imitation of marble or
other stone as described in the specification of my invention of "An improved
process or method of imparting to glass the appearance of marble or other stone"
bearing the same date as this application.

page_text: 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.clnim is.
The improved method of ornamenting or decorating glass in imitation of mosaic
or similar work as herein before described for the purposes set forth.