IMPROVEMENTS IN PAINTING ORNAMENTAL AND OTHER DESIGNS UPON CHINA, WOOD, IRON, PAPER, SILK, CANVAS, AND OTHER SIMILAR FABRICS
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Harriet Sarah Paget, of Potters Bar, for the
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN PAINTING ORNAMENTAL AND OTHER
DESIGNS UPON CHINA, WOOD, IRON, PAPER, SILK, CANVAS, AND OTHER SIMILAR
FABRICS."
Sealed the 26th April 1876, and dated the 30th October 1875.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Harriet Sarah Paget
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with her Petition,
on the 30th October 1875.
I, HARRIET SARAH PAGET, of Potters Bar, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN PAINTING ORNAMENTAL
AND OTHER DESIGNS UPON CHINA, WOOD, IRON, PAPER, SILK, CANVAS, AND OTHER
SIMILAR FABRICS," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object the painting of flowers, birds, leaves,
letters, or any other ornamental design upon china, wood, iron, paper,
silk, canvas, and other similar fabrics by means of a mechanical process
which results in not only giving the figure of the desired object, but of
blending therein such various colors and shades as it may be desired to
impart thereto. For this purpose I proceed as follows:-I take a piece

page_text: of india-rubber, preferably sheet india-rubber, and which may be either
vulcanized or not, as occasion may require, and lay thereon the object
desired to be cut out. I then mark the outline in pencil upon the surface
of the india-rubber and afterwards cut it out; or if preferred the form of
the object or design may be at once cut out without making such
preliminary outline, and if it be desired to leave certain portions of the
design uncolored I take one or more pieces of catgut of suitable length
and size, and sew them on by means of fine wire thread to the surface
of the india-rubber model where such uncolored portions are required to
be left, after which I take any color or colors I may desire and which
may be either mixed in oil or water, and apply them to the surface of
the india-rubber model by means of an ordinary paint brush, taking care
to leave the catgut perfectly plain. If, however, on the contrary it be
desired to color the catgut, also as for instance when it is introduced to
resemble the stem of a flower or the veins of a leaf, I then also apply
any suitable shade or color to the surface of the catgut, so that when
the design is impressed as herein-after described, such portions distinctly
stand out in bold relief from the rest of the design, and to such parts of
the design as I desire to appear darker than the others I put an extra
coat of colour, and when stamping or taking an impression of it I take
care to press harder upon such portions so as to produce a deeper
impression.
Having thus prepared the required design I affix it by means of gum
or other suitable cement to any suitable handle, such as a cork, which I
prefer on account of its lightness and flexibility, and I then (whilst the
colors are wet) stamp or impress such design upon the surface of the
wood, silk, canvas, china, or other surface to which it is desired to
transfer it by pressing it firmly down with a slight oscillating motion
against such surface.
In the case of china the design is stamped thereon previous to its
being baked, so that the colors may be subsequently baked in. Upon
removing the stamp or die it will be found that not only is the design
correctly represented as to form, but that it is pleasingly varied by a
variety of shades, and wherever any little alteration or addition may
be required to perfect it, this may be readily effected by means of an
ordinary paint brush.
Should it be desired to produce illuminated letters, this may also bo
readily done in the following manner :-I take a suitable piece of india-

page_text: rubber or of cork of suitable size, and insert therein a sufficient number
of pins to give the outline of any desired letter. I push the heads of
such pins quite home to the surface of the india-rubber or cork, and
clamp or bend down their points at the back, I then attach such india-
rubber or cork to any suitable handle as before described, and apply any
desired color to the heads of the pins, and whilst wet impress it upon
the paper or other surface to be stamped therewith; and on removing
such stamp or die the letter will be found to be impressed upon the
paper in illuminated dots.
If on the contrary it be desired to have a white letter on a colored
ground, I then color the surface of the india-rubber or cork which
forms the die and leave the heads of pins plain. By this means it will
be found that a colored ground having a white letter thereon is
produced.
My Invention is particularly applicable for painting fans, china,
earthenware, papier machó goods, and other such like articles, its
peculiar merit being that from the flexibility of the india-rubber die or
stamp the most delicate shades of color are imparted, thereby rendering
it equal to hand painting by an experienced artist, at the same time that
it is as economical as it is effective.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Harriet Sarah Paget in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 28th April 1876.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HARRIET
SARAH PAGET, of Potters Bar, send greeting. :.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Thirtieth day of October, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in
the thirty-ninth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and
successors, give and grant unto me, the said Harriet Sarah Paget,
Her special license, that I, the said Harriet Sarah Paget, my exe-
cutors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
Harriet Sarah Paget, my executors, administrators, and assigns,

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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 vend, within the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle
of Man, an Invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN PAINTING ORNAMENTAL AND
OTHER DESIGNS UPON CHINA, WOOD, IRON, PAPER, SILK, CANVAS, AND OTHER
SIMILAR FABRICS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
Harriet Sarah Paget, my executors or administrators, by an instru-
ment 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

page_text: colour on to the surface to be painted or decorated; or the surface or
substance can be placed over the india-rubber painting tool or surface,
using suitable pressure.
Sometimes I cut the requisite forms out of various kinds of india-
rubber as hard, soft, spongy, or other kind, and affix it to a piece of plain
india-rubber, and having thus prepared the required design I affix it by
means of glue or other suitable cement to any suitable handle made of
appropriate material, such as cork (which I prefer on account of its
lightness and flexibility) or glass, wood, &c., and I then (whilst the
colors are wet) stamp or impress such design upon the surface of the
wood, silk, canvas, china, or other surface to which it is desired to
transfer it by pressing it firmly down with a slight oscillating or steady
motion according to the effect to be produced against such surface.
In the case of china the design is stamped thereon previous to its
being baked, so that the colours may be subsequently baked in. Upon
removing the stamp or die it will be found that not only is the design
correctly represented as to form, but that it is pleasingly varied by a
variety of shades; and wherever any little alteration or addition may be
required to perfect it, this may be readily effected by means of an
ordinary paint brush or one of the other painting tools hereafter to be
described, and any surplus colour removed by a dry brush or piece of

page_text: japanned goods, canvas, and other similar fabrics, substantially in the
manner and for the purposes herein-before set forth and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Harrict Sarah Paget, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Twentieth day of March,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and 5
seventy-six.
HARRIET SARAH PAGET. (L.S.)
HARRIET SARAH PAGET. (L.S.)