IMPROVEMENTS IN ARTICLES OF MOURNING OR FINERY AND ORNAMENTS
Year: 1877

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Maurice Nelson, in the name of Veit and Nelson, of
:
No. 11, Rue Bergère, in the City of Paris, Merchants, and Henry Pic, of No. 12,
Rue de Poiton, in the City of Paris, Manufacturer of Mourning Jewelry, for the
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN ARTICLES OF MOURNING OR FINERY AND
ORNAMENTS"
Sealed the 21st August 1877, and dated the 19th May 1877.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Maurice Nelson and
Henry Pic at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 19th May
1877.
MAURICE NELSON, in the name of Veit and Nelson, of No. 11, Rue Bergère, in
the City of Paris, Merchants, and HENRY PIC, of No. 12, Rue de Poiton, in the City
of Paris, Manufacturer of Mourning Jewelry. IMPROVEMENTS IN ARTICLES OF
MOURNING OR FINERY AND ORNAMENTS."
“
This Invention has for its object improvements in articles of mourning or finery'
and ornaments.
We employ glass and enamel melted on stems for the manufacture of articles of
mourning or fashionable finery and ornaments. These stems may be rivetted,
screwed, soldered, or fixed by bending upon the metals used in the manufacture of
ornaments, as, for example, brooches, ear-rings, bracelets, lockets, and other articles
of the same kind. The said articles hitherto have only been manufactured in two
ways, namely, tinned enamel or tinued glass soldered upon metals, and enamel or
glass likewise mounted on metals.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Maurice Nelson and Henry Pic in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 17th November 1877:
MAURICE NELSON, in the name of Veit and Nelson, of No. 11, Rue Bergère, in
the City of Paris, Merchants, and HENRY PIC, of No. 12, Rue de Poiton, in the City
of Paris, Manufacturer of Mourning Jewelry. "IMPROVEMENTS IN ARTICLES OF
MOURNING OR FINERY AND ORNAMENTS."
The object of this Invention is to substitute for the soldering and gluing or
cementing of glass, enamel, or other imitation stones on to their inetallic mountings
an improved method of setting the imitation stones in articles of jewelry for
mourning or fancy purposes, by which the breaking off of the stones from the
metallic parts is prevented, and a more durable and neater style of such articles
obtained.
Herotofore these articles of jewelry, such as breast pins, brooches, car-rings,
bracelets, lockets, &c.; whether made of glass, jet, or other material, were manu-
factured in two ways only, namely, either by soldering the stone on the metal
mountings or by gluing them by means of a cement upon the metal base parts or
mountings.
The Invention is intended to overcome the objections to the methods heretofore
einployed, and consists of employing artificial stones consisting of glass and enamel,
or such like material, melted on to metal stems which are rivetted, screwed, soldered,
or otherwise affixed to the perforated metallic mountings.
In the accompanying Drawing,
Figure 1 represents a front view of a shawl pin, illustrating our improved method
of setting stones in articles of jewelry.
Figure 2, a vertical transverse section of the same on line x, x, Figure 1.
And Figure 3, a sectional side view of a shawl pin showing a modified form of
construction.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.
In the Drawing A represents the stones made of glass, enamel, or other substances
in imitation of jet or other articles, and B, the metal frame, mounting, or device to
which the stones for the different articles of jewelry are applied: The stones A are
melted on stems C which project from the stones and serve for the purpose of
applying the same in any suitable way to the metallic base, frames, mountings, or
attachments, by rivetting, screwing, soldering, or fixing the same by bending or
otherwise thereto, the stems being inserted into suitable holes a provided for the
purpose.
Either a series or cluster of series may be attached to a base frame that is con-
structed and perforated to correspond to the shape and design of the article, as
shown in Figure 1, or a solid stone, polished to represent the article, may be attached
by one or more stems near the ends, and at other places to suitable pin and other
attachments, as shown in Figure 3. The stones are thereby firmly connected to the
metal parts without any danger of breaking off and marring the appearance and effect
of such articles.
A substantial and durable class of articles of ornamental jewelry is thus furnished
which gives thereby greater satisfaction and may be used for a large number of
different applications.
Having thus described our Invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by
Letters Pattent,―
First. As an improvement in the manufacture of articles of mourning or finery
and ornaments, the employment of stones, of glass, or enamel melted on to stems and
attached by the same to metallic frames or mountings, substantially as and for the
purpose set forth.

page_text: Second. The combination of glass or other imitation stones, melted on and secured
to stems with perforated metallic frames or mountings to which the same are screwed,
rivetted, soldered, or otherwise applied, substantially as specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said Maurice Nelson, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Seventh day of November, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven.
M. NELSON: (L.S.)