IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SALVERS, TRAYS, CAKE BASKETS, CRUET FRAMES, AND OTHER ANALOGOUS ARTICLES."
Year: 1879

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Jehoiada Alsop Rhodes and James Henry Barber, the
younger, both of Sheffield, in the County of York, Manufacturers, for the
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SALVERS, TRAYS,
CAKE BASKETS, CRUET FRAMES, AND OTHER ANALOGOUS ARTICLES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Jehoiada Alsop Rhodes and
James Henry Barber at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 20th
December 1879.
JEHOIADA ALSOP RHODES and JAMES HENRY BARBER, the younger, both of
Sheffield, in the County of York, Manufacturers. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF SALVERS, TRAYS, CAKE BASKETS, CRUET FRAMES, AND OTHER
ANALOGOUS ARTICLES."
Our Invention relates more particularly to the application of inlaid wood surfaces
in the manufacture of salvers, trays, cake baskets, card baskets, cruet frames, biscuit
and tobacco boxes, tea caddies, and other analogous articles which are usually made
entirely of silver or other metals, and it consists in a combination of the inlaid
woodwork with the metallic portions of the articles for the purposes of utility and
ornamentation, thus in the manufacture of a salver, for example, the flat bottom
would be made of the inlaid wood, and the ornamental edge or moulding surrounding
it of silver or electro plated metal, thus producing a novel and artistic appearance
combined with utility in subduing the sound or rattle of glasses or other articles
placed on the salver, the wood being also more suitable to cut upon than metal.
In the case of a biscuit box, for example, small inlaid wood panels may be used
as a means of decoration and also of reducing the quantity of valuable metal
required in the usual process of manufacture.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Jehoiada Alsop Rhodes and James Henry Barber in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 18th June 1880.
JEHOIADA ALSOP RHODES and JAMES HENRY BARBER, the younger, both of
Sheffield, in the County of York, Manufacturers. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF SALVERS, TRAYS, CAKE BASKETS, CRUET FRAMES, AND OTHER
ANALOGOUS ARTICLES."
Our said Invention relates more particularly to the application of inlaid wood
surfaces in the manufacture of salvers, trays, cake baskets, cruet frames, and other
analogous articles which are usually made entirely of silver or other metal, and it
consists of a combination of tho inlaid woodwork with the metalic portions of the
articles for the purposes of utility and ornamentation; thus in the manufacture of
a salver, for example, the flat bottom may be made of the inlaid wood and the
ornamental edge or moulding surrounding it of silver or other metal, thus producing
a novel and artistic appearance combined with utility in subduing the sound or
rattle of glasses or other articles placed upon the salver, whilst the wood is also
more suitable to cut upon than metal.
And in order that our said Invention may be fully understood we shall now
proceed more particularly to describe the same, and for that purpose shall refer to
the several Figures on the annexed Sheet of Drawings, the same letters of reference
indicating corresponding parts in both the Figures.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawing represents as an example of the appli-
cation of our said Invention a plan of a salver or waiter constructed according
thereto.
Figure 2 is a half elevation and half section of the same, the section being taken
along the lines 1, 2, 3, Figure 1. The bottom of the salver or that part upon which
articles are placed is constructed of mahogany or other suitable wood a, which is
inlaid with a different variety of wood a', the latter being also inlaid with different
colored woods, by which ornamental designs a³ are produced, as shewn in the
plan.
Figure 1. The different varieties or pieces of wood are glued or otherwise_con-
nected together so as to form one solid piece with the body of the woodwork a,
the outer portion of which is fixed to the ornamental edge or moulding B by
screws b, but any other well known method of attachment may be employed
In the construction of different articles to which our said Invention is applicable
the inlaid woodwork may consist of any number of different pieces or varieties of
woods, which may be arranged in any suitable manner in order to produce different
ornamental designs.
In the case of a biscuit box, for example, small inlaid wood panels may be used
as a means of decoration and also of reducing the quantity of precious metal
required in the usual process of manufacture.
In addition to the articles hereinbefore mentioned to which our said Invention
is applicable the following may be enumerated, videlicet:-Card baskets, spirit
frames, inkstands, salt cellars, butter dishes, marmalade pot frames, and salad bowls,
as examples of other articles to which our said Invention may be applied.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of our said Inven-
tion, and the manner in which the same is or may be used or carried into effect, we
would observe in conclusion that what we consider to be novel and original, and
therefore claim as the Invention secured to us by the hereinbefore in part recited
Letters Patent is,―
In the manufacture of salvers, trays, cake baskets, cruet frames, and other

page_text: analogous articles, the combination of inlaid wood work with a metalic portion,
substantially in the manner and for the purposes herein before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Henry Barber, on behalf of myself and
my partner, the said Jehoiada Alsop Rhodes, have to this our Specification
set my hand and seal, this Sixteenth day of June, One thousand eight
hundred and eighty.
JAMES HENRY BARBER. (L.S.)