A New or Improved Serviette Ring.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Dec., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 12th Jan., 1894-Accepted, 17th Feb., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Serviette Ring.
I, WALTER DUNCAN of 10 Baron Street, Pentonville, London N., Lapidary
Glass Cutter, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The improvements in serviette or table napkin rings constituting my invention
consists of the whole or part employment of glass in their manufacture, instead of
bone, ivory and precious metals as hitherto, the objects of which are cheapness in
the cost of production, and by a careful and artistic arrangement of colours and
cutting or other means of decoration in their preparation, to materially add to the
lustre and beauty of the table.
I carry my invention into effect by producing by any of the well known means
common to glass making, a hollow cylinder of any convenient length, which I cut
into rings of suitable width, the inner surface of each of which may be polished
or otherwise finished as desired, while their outer surfaces may cut, faceted,
engraved or otherwise decorated by any of the well known means common to
the decorative glass trade or a lapidary.
Or the said external or internal decorations or both, may be effected by and
with the casting or other means by which the cylinder is first produced. Or 1
may cast or otherwise produce the said rings direct without first producing a
cylinder as hereinbefore provided.
I may construct the said rings of glass of any quality, tint or colour, or any
combination of tints or colours, with or without being mirrored upon their inner
surfaces, or I may decorate them by mounts of precious or other metal as may
be desirable.
GEO. THOS. HYDE,
4, Moorfields, Fore Street, London, E.C., Agent for the Applicant.
A New or Improved Serviette King.
I, WALTER DUNCAN, of 10 Baron Street, Pentonville, London N., Lapidary
Glass Cutter 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 improvements in serviette or table napkin rings constituting my invention,
consist of the whole or part employment of glass in their manufacture, in lieu of
bone, ivory and precious metals as hitherto, the objects of which are, cheapness in
the cost of production, and by a careful and artistic arrangement of colors, and
decoration by cutting and otherwise, in the course of their manufacture, to
materially add to the lustre and beauty of the table.
I carry my invention into effect by producing by any of the well known means
common to glass making and manufacturing, a hollow cylinder of any convenient
or desired length, the cross sectional diameter of which would approximate to that
of serviette rings generally, and the said cylinder I cut into rings of a suitable
width, the inner surface of each of which may be polished or otherwise finished
as desired, while the edges of same may be rounded or bevelled to remove the burr
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page_text: or sharp edge therefrom, and the outer surfaces of said glass rings I cut, facet,
engrave, or otherwise decorate in any way desired, by any of the well known
means common to the decorative glass trade or a lapidary.
Or the said external, and. if desired internal decorations or both, may he
effected by and with the casting or other means by which the said cylinder is first
produced, or I may cast or otherwise produce the said rings direct, without first
producing a cylinder as previously described, in which case the said rings may be
other than circular, that is to say, I may cast or mould these in such a way that
they may be triangular, rectangular, polygonal, elliptical or plano-convex internally,
and circular externally, or vice versa, or internally and externally alike, embodying
any of the forms stated.
By way of illustrating some of the many ways in which I may form and
decorate the said glass rings, I have hereunto appended a sheet of drawings,
Fig. 1 of which shows a perfectly circular ring A made wholly of glass, the
inner surface of which is perfectly smooth, and its edges bevelled at B, while its
outer surface is decorated or ornamented at C with a fancy pattern produced from
the substance of A, which may, as before stated, be produced by cutting in the
usual way, or by that of a mould if the ring be cast.
In Fig. 2.1 show a ring decorated or ornamented upon its outer surface C,
which may be by either of the means stated, the edges of the ring being bound'
with some material D different from the body of the ring, which may be that of
glass of a different color, or precious or other metal fastened thereon by suitable
cement. Fig. 3 is a like ring but showing another design both in C and D.
I wish it understood that I do not confine myself to the patterns or designs of
decoration or ornamentation shewn, but may produce both C and D in any contour,
shape or design that fancy may dictate, and I may employ glass of any quality,
tint or color, or any combination of tints or colors, and may mirror the said rings
upon their inner surfaces if desired.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is,
The employment of glass in the manufacture of serviette or table napkin
rings, in any tint or color or combination of tints or colors, and of any
desired shape, cut, engraved or otherwise decorated externally to any pattern or
design, with or without being mirrored, and with or without being mounted with
precious or other metal or other material, substantially as herein described,
reference being had to the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 12th day of January 1894.
GEO. THOS. HYDE,
4, Moorfields, Fore Street, London, E.C., Agent for the Applicant: