Improvements in Vases or Receptacles for Cut Flowers, Bouquets, and the like.
Year: 1885

page_text: Improvements in Vases or Receptacles for Cut Flowers,
Bouquets, and the like.
I GEORGE JACKSON of Westhorpe House, Little Marlow, Bucks, Gentleman, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :—
The object of this invention is certain detail improvements in the construction of
vases or receptacles of triangular square or other shape at the base and pyramidal
upwards and with one or more sides arranged for the reception of cards photo-
graphs tablets slabs of any material or any device emblem figure scroll or other
ornamentation artistic classic or otherwise for the purpose of embellishing the same
for ornamental or other purposes such as I have substantially referred to in a
previous patent granted to me bearing date 11th day of July 1884 N° 10066.
The specification of the above mentioned patent refers particularly to flower pots
and vases having side or sides removable to enable plants or the like to be inserted
or removed through said openings.
The object of my present invention is to dispense with the removable sides and
so make the vase or receptacle that it may hold water in which the flowers either
as cut flowers in a loose open state or in bunches such as bouquets and the like can
be retained and kept fresh the water being renewable or otherwise at pleasure.
The vases or receptacles thus constructed may be of glass earthenware pottery
metal or other suitable substance and provided with openings or recesses for the
reception of prepared slabs, cards, sheets, tablets or the like which may be fixtures
or removable, ornamented or deviced paper such as photographs may be cemented
or slid in through crevices or slits or may be sprung into position or the vase or
receptacle may be moulded with designs or devices upon them or such devices may
be embellished, or heightened in artistic effect by the application of some other form
of ornamentation to be used in conjunction.
In the case of say public, private, club or society dinners the vases made
according to my invention may be provided with lips or extensions either in the
same or other material for temporarilly holding flowers for table decoration
purposes and the sides may have photographic portraits of the leaders of the
society or club or principal guests and also a menu card. In fact an endless
variety of arrangements can be utilized for the purpose of making the invention
valuable both as an article of manufacture and for general purposes in connection
with a display of flowers.
H. GARDNER,
Agent for the said G. Jackson.

page_text: Bouquets, and the like.
I, GEORGE JACKSON of Westhorpe House, Little Marlow, Bucks, Gentleman, 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 object of this invention, is certain detail improvements in the construction
of vases or receptacles of triangular, square or other shape at the base and
pyramidal upwards and with one or more sides arranged for the reception of cards,
photographs, tablets, slabs of any material or any device, emblem, figure, scroll, or
other ornamentation, artistic, classic, or otherwise for the purpose of embellishing
the same for ornamental or other purposes such as I have substantially referred
to in a previous Patent granted to me, bearing date 11th day of July 1884;
N° 10066.
The specification of the above mentioned Patent refers particularly to flower pots
and vases having side or sides removable to enable plants or the like to be inserted
or removed through said openings.
The object of my present invention is to dispense with the removable sides and
so make the vase or receptacle that it may hold water in which the flowers, either
as cut flowers in a loose open state or in bunches, such as bouquets and the like can
be retained and kept fresh, the water being renewable or otherwise at pleasure.
My invention will be understood by reference to the annexed drawings which
show several examples.
The vases or receptacles A may be of glass, earthenware, pottery, metal, or other
suitable substance or ebonite or a combination of such substances and provided
with openings, grooves, or recesses B B for the reception of prepared slabs, cards,
sheets, tablets, or the like which may be fixtures, or removable, or ornamented, or
deviced paper, such as photographs may be cemented, or slid in, as shown at
Figure 1, or may be slid in through a crevice, or slits C, C at the bottom as shown
at Figure 2, or may be sprung into position, or the vase, or receptacle may be
moulded with designs, or devices upon them, or such devices may be embellished,
or heightened in artistic effect by the application of some other form of ornamen-
tation to be used in conjunction.
Figure 2 is a perspective view of a vase A preferably constructed of metal,
having an enlarged mouth or lip D. The tablets, cards, or photographs, or
slides E, E are put in from the bottom as represented, a frame and grooves being
formed by the edge pieces F, F.
Figure 3 represents a similar vase but bexagonal in shape and Figure 4 shows a
pyramidal vase with round base.
Figure 5 shows a vase having slides E, E in the mouth, or lip D and the slides,
or tablets E, E in the body A are held in position by springs G, G.
In the case of, say, public, private, club, or society, dinners the vases made
according to my invention may be provided with lips, or extensions H, H as shown

page_text: at Figure 6, either in the same, or other material for temporarilly holding flowers
for table decoration purposes and the sides may have photographic portraits of the
leaders of the society, or club, or principal guests and also a menu card. In fact an
endless variety of arrangements can be utilized for the purpose of making the
invention valuable both as an article of manufacture and for general purposes in
connection with a display of flowers. It is obvious that the shape and design of
the pyramidal vases, or receptacles may be varied considerably.
I sometimes make a cage, or cap preferably of metal that holds the slides and is
quite distinct and separate from the vase itself (which may be of any other
material) and introduce the vase into it either from the bottom or otherwise.
The drawings show angled pyramidal vases with the apex at the upper part but
this may be reversed and said vases may be of square or rectangular formation as
desired.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:-
The particular construction and formation of vases shown in the annexed
drawings, and as hereinbefore described for the purpose set forth.