Improvements relating to Statuettes and similar Objects.
Year: 1888

page_text: [Communicated from abroad by WILLIAM EDGAR SIMONDS, of Hartford, Connecticut,
United States of America, Counsellor at Law.]
Improvements relating to Statuettes and similar Objects.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, 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:
Referring to the drawings:
Figure 1 is a side view of the figure of an animal constructed in accordance with
my improvement.
Figure 2 is a cross-section view of the body of the animal on the plane x-x.
Figure 3 is a cross-section view of the body of the animal on plane y-y.
Figure 4 is a cross-section view of the foot of the animal and the base plate on
plane z
The object of this improvement is the production of metallic representations of
horses and other objects in a cheap and effective manner.
Let a and represent two figure-parts of the figure of a horse, that is, the two
corresponding longitudinal halves. The letters e denote prongs, more or less in
number, projecting from the interior of the figure parts-one or more from each figure-
part. The letter denotes plaster-of-Paris, or other equivalent material which fills
the whole interior of the figure and, embracing the prongs or hooks e, holds the whole
figure together in substantially a durable shape. These prongs may be more or less
in number and may be given any suitable shape that is desired. The letter d denotes
a small orifice left in the belly of the horse for the introduction of extremely fluid
plaster-of-Paris, or whatever similar medium may be used, the method of operating
being to put the two parts together in proper position, then introduce the fluid plaster
through this orifice and let it set. The plaster or other uniting medium serves
another useful purpose. It completely fills the joint between the two figure-parts and
also fills the orifice d flush with the periphery of the casting; such plaster as projects
is rubbed off and then the whole figure is finished with a lacquer, or plating, or

page_text: gilding, or in any other suitable manner. In Fig. 41 illustrate a mode of attaching
the feet of the figure to the base-plate: the letter represents a foot of the horse,
the base-plate, a button attached to the horse's foot, ia bole in the base-plate and
ja uniting medium such as soft solder.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed as communicated to me
by my foreign correspondent I declare that what I claim is :-
1. The hollow figure-parts a b, provided with internal prongs, c, and held
together by plaster p or the like, substantially as described and for the purposes set
forth.
b
2. The hollow figure-parts a provided with internal prongs c, the plaster p or the
like, and the orifice d, for introducing the plaster, substantially as described and for
the purposes set forth.
3. The hollow figure-parts a 6 provided with internal prongs c, the plaster p or the
like holding the parts together and filling the joint between the figure parts, sub-
stantially as described and for the purposes set forth.
4. The base-plate g provided with holes i, the figure-foot provided with the
button and a uniting medium, substantially as described and for the purposes set
forth.
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