IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS OR MEANS OF MANIPULATING GOLD LEAF FOR ORNAMENTING AND LETTERING
Year: 1870

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Ezra Hoyle, of Bradford, in the County of York,
Painter, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS OR MEANS
OF MANIPULATING GOLD LEAF FOR ORNAMENTING AND LETTERING."
Sealed the 18th October 1870, and dated the 19th April 1870.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Ezra Hoyle at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
19th April 1870.
I, EZRA HOYLE, of Bradford, in the County of York, Painter, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPARATUS OR MEANS OF MANIPULATING GOLD LEAF FOR ORNAMENTING AND
LETTERING," (to be as follows):-
To produce an ornamental design in gold leaf on glass or any other
surface I cut the figure or design required out of sheet zinc or other
suitable material, I attach the gold leaf to the surface with gold sizing
or other adhesive substance, I then place the figure or design upon
the gold leaf in the required position, and by means of a brush or other

page_text: suitable means I remove the surplus parts of the leaf from the surface,
whilst the design is pressed or held thereon.
When it is desired to produce colors in the interstices left by the
removal of the gold leaf when applied to glass the work is painted
over with the color required and varnished, which will show between
the gold on the other side of the glass clear and distinct.
In continuous designs, where the same pattern or design has to be
repeated again and again, the workman has only to remove the
template or cut design as often as is required to complete the work
in band.
It is evident this Invention may be applied to lettering on glass or
other surfaces, the advantages of which will be very great, as one
ordinary workman will be able to accomplish as much work as a dozen
skilled workmen by the plan at present adopted, and the design will be
more accurate.
It is also evident that skilled workmen will only be required to draw
the designs and cut the templates which will effect a great saving in
the expense of accomplishing such work as well as leading to more
tasteful ornamentation in various branches of arts and sciences.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Ezra Hoyle in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 19th October 1870.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, EZRA
HOYLE, of Bradford, in the County of York, Painter, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Nineteenth day of April, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy, in the
thirty-third year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto me, the said Ezra Hoyle, Her special
licence that I, the said Ezra Hoyle, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said Ezra Hoyle, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no
others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term
therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and

page_text: vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN APPARATUS OR MEANS OF MANIPULATING GOLD LEAF FOR ORNAMENTING
AND LETTERING," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
Ezra Hoyle, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and scals, should
particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and
in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to
be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next
and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Ezra Hoyle, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement (that is to say) :-
To produce an ornamental design in gold leaf on glass or on any
other surface I cut the figure or design required out of sheet zinc or
other suitable material, I attach the gold leaf to the surface with gold
sizing or other adhesive substance, I then place the figure or design upon
the gold leaf in the required position, and by means of a brush or other
suitable means I remove the surplus parts of the leaf from the surface
whilst the design is pressed or held therein.
When it is desired to produce colors in the interstices left by the
removal of the gold leaf, when applied to glass, the work is painted
over with the color required and varnished, which will shew between
the gold on the other side of the glass clear and distinct.
It is evident this Invention may be applied to lettering on glass or
other surfaces, the advantages of which will be very great, as one
ordinary workman will be able to accomplish as much work as a dozen
skilled workmen by the plan at present adopted, and the design will be
more accurate.
In continuous designs, where the same pattern or design has to be
repeated again and again, the workman has only to remove the template
or cut design as often as required to complete the work in hand.
It is also evident that skilled workmen will only be required to draw
the designs and cut the templates which will effect a great saving in
the expense of accomplishing such work as well as leading to more
tasteful ornamentation in various branches of arts and sciences.

page_text: In carrying this Invention into practice in the production of orna-
mental designs, letters, or figures in gold leaf laid on glass or on any
other surface I proceed as follows:-The templet, figure, or design
required I first prepare of sheet zinc, or other suitable material by
removing all the parts not essential to the design or pattern, I then
attach gold leaf to the surface of the glass or other material to which
it is to be applied with gold size or other adhesive substance in the usual
manner, and I then place upon the gold leaf the prepared templet,
design, pattern, or figure holding it firmly thercon in the required.
position, and by means of a brush, pad, rubber, or other suitable
instrument or apparatus I remove from the surface of the glass or other
material the gold leaf not covered by the templet or pattern, thus
leaving the design or figure in gold. But if I wish to produce a design
or pattern not in gold I then prepare the templet by removing all the
parts of the zinc plate or other material which form the design or
pattern and proceed as aforesaid, in which case the gold leaf removed
from the surface of the glass or other material not covered with the
templet leaves the design or pattern plain or without gold, and when it
is desired to produce a color or colors in the interstices left by the
removal of the gold leaf (when applied to glass) the work is painted at
the back with the color or colors required, and varnished, which will
shew between the gold clear and distinct.
It will now be seen that this Invention applied or used to produce
designs or letters on glass or other surfaces will evidently be of very
great advantage, as by this means an ordinary workman will be able to
accomplish as much work in a given time as a dozen skilled workmen
by the plan at present adopted, and the design will be much more
accurate when executed, and that in continuous designs, or those where
the same pattern has to be repeated again and again in continuity, the
workman has only to remove the templet or prepared design as often as
required to complete the work in hand.
It will also be evident that skilled workmen will be only required to
draw the designs and prepare the templets, whereby a great saving of
expense in the accomplishment of such work will be effected and will
also lead to more tasteful ornamentation in various branches of the arts
and sciences.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention and the
manner in which the same is or may be performed or carried into

page_text: practice, I would have it understood that I do not confine or restrict
myself to the kind of material of which I form the patterns or templets
to be used for this purpose, or to any particular design, figure, or shape
that may be given to the said patterns or templets, but what I claim as
my Invention is, the method of manipulating gold leaf or producing
ornamental designs or letters, figures, or other forms in gold leaf when
laid on glass or other surfaces by means and in manner substantially as
herein explained.
In witness whereof, I, the said Ezra Hoyle, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Seventeenth day of October, in the year
Signed, sealed, and delivered
by the within-named Ezra
Hoyle, in the presence of
EDWARD TASKER,
Clerk to W. Tasker,
Patent Agent,
Halifax and Bradford.
EZRA HOYLE.
(L.S.)