Improvements in Flower Stands or Epergnes.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 29th May, 1899
Complete Specification Left, 15th June, 1899-Accepted, 15th July, 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Flower Stands or Epergnes.
I, DAVID STORRIE, of the Firm of Storrie and Storrie, 22 and 24, Seagate,
Dundee, in the County of Forfar, Scotland, Seed Merchants and Florists, do here-
by declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in flower stands or epergnes, the objeci
being to provide means for displaying and arranging cut flowers and foliage in
the most artistic manner and at the same time efficiently supplying and storing
the necessary moisture.
In carrying out my invention I provide a series of glass tubes or reservoirs for
holding water, moist sand, earth or the like and carry them by means of wires
of copper or other suitable material, such wires being coiled to form loops in
which the reservoirs are loosely held. These looped wires spring from and are
fixed to a central or sideral support of any desired shape or form and made of any
suitable material, such as wood, metal, earthenware and the like. The support
may be held in any other suitable way; for example it might be fixed to a wall,
or suspended from a ceiling. The glass tubes or reservoirs and their supporting
wires, for instance, may be carried by a flat or curved board so that floral designs
could be arranged, that is to say the flowers might be grouped in the form of a
figure, word or letter.
When filling the stand with the flowers I place the desired quantity in each
reservoir and then, if such reservoirs are not exactly in the correct position, adjust
the supporting wires to suit.
13. 0211, 1 f XL... 1900
GEO. C. DOUGLAS & Co..
41, Reform Street, Dundee, Agents for Applicant.
Improvements in Flower Stands or Epergnes.
I, David StorrIE, of the Firm of Storrie and Storrie, 22 and 24, Seagate,
Dundee, in the County of Forfar, Scotland, Seed Merchants and Florists, do here-
by 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:-
This invention relates to improvements in flower stands or epergnes, the object
being to provide means for displaying and arranging cut flowers and foliage in
the most artistic manner and at the same time efficiently supplying and storing
the necessary moisture.

page_text: And in order that my said invention and the manner of performing or carrying
the same into effect or practice may be properly understood, I have hereunto
appended an explanatory sheet of drawings in which the same reference numerals
are used to indicate corresponding parts in all the figures where shown, that is
to say:
Figure 1, is an elevation and Figure 2, is a plan of a flower stand.
In carrying out my invention I provide a series of glass tubes or reservoirs 10.
for holding water, moist sand, earth or the like and carry them by means of
wires 11, of copper or other suitable material, such wires being coiled to form
loops in which the reservoirs are loosely held. These looped wires spring from
and are fixed to a central or sideral support 12, of any desired shape or form and
made of any suitable material, such as wood, metal, earthenware and the like.
In the drawings I have shown a spherical support carried by a tripod 13. The
support may be held in any other suitable way, for example, it might be fixed
to a wall, or suspended from a ceiling. The glass tubes or reservoirs and their
supporting wires, for instance, may be carried by a flat or curved board so that
floral designs could be arranged, that is to say the flowers might be grouped in
the form of a figure, word or letter.
When filling the stand with the flowers 14, I place the desired quantity in each
reservoir and then, if such reservoirs are not exactly in the correct position, adjust
the supporting wires 11, to suit.
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-
(1) In flower stands, or epergnes, the combination of loose glass tubes or reser-
voirs, with adjustable supporting wires, substantially as described and for the
purposes set forth.
(2) In flower stands, or epergnes, the combination of loose glass tubes or reser-
voirs with adjustable supporting wires carried by a central or sideral stand, sub-
stantially as described.
(3) The use of loose glass tubes or reservoirs in combination with adjustable
supporting wires for the purpose of arranging floral designs, figures, words or
letters, as described.
Dated this 6th day of June 1800
GEO. C. DOUGLAS & Co.,
41, Reform Street, Dundee, Agents for Applicant.