IMPROVEMENTS IN THE ORNAMENTATION OF SURFACES IN HIGH RELIEF FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Aug., 1886.
Complete Left, 21st Apr., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 31st May, 1887.
I, CHARLES MEASON of Carlyle Road Lozells Birmingham in the County of
Warwick Designer do hereby declare the nature of said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE ORNAMENTATION OF SURFACES IN HIGH RELIEF FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES," to be
as follows
The object of my invention is the production of ornamental representations or
objects in high relief, upon plain surfaces; such for example, as metallic door plates,
bedstead panelling and the like for various purposes; and my said invention, consists
in making the said representations or objects stand out upon the surface of plain plate
or panel, that will have all the appearance of a natural object having been laid on.
In carrying out my invention I take a metallic base plate preferably polished upon
its top side, and upon its surface, I secure independent leaves, sprays or fruit, or
independent or separate ornaments or lengths of ornament by means of screws and the
like, passed from, or riveted to the back of the plate; or the said independent parts
may be secured by any other suitable means; thus, in representing a spray of fruit,
such as grapes, I take a long rectangular plate, (of any suitable pattern or design) with
its surface highly polished, and having at suitable distances apart, screw or rivet holes,
through which the affixing screws or rivets pass; I first take an independent stalk or
stalks, or portions thereof, and secure it or them in the proper direction upon the
plate by screws, which pass through the back of the plate, into the back or
underside of the stalk. I then take independent leaves or sprays of leaves with
branching stalks, or the like proceeding from them, and these independent leaves or
sprays I then place in position relatively to the main stalks, in such positions, that
the leaves and their adjuncts overhang and register the other parts, and which said
last named parts are secured to the plate in a similar manner to that already described.
I next place. the fruit in position under the leaves, or by the side of the leaves, as the
design requires. The affixing is effected either by screws or by rivetting as before.
The spray or design thus produced, has all the appearance of laid on leaves, stalks
and fruit.

page_text: By making or forming the sprays, leaves, fruits or other objects independent, and
separate from the base plates, (upon which they are subsequently attached) they are
capable of receiving a high finish, which is unattainable when made or formed with
their base plates, by the process of casting as is usual. Thus the leaves, fruit and
other parts may be oxydized, bronzed, or produced in colors as may be desired, while
the panels may if necessary, be polished metal, or matted upon the surface; or the
said panels or base plates, may be made of wood, earthenware or any other suitable
material, as the nature and character of the design requires.
When ornaments in the form of sprays of grapes with leaves overhanging them, are
secured from their undersides upon a polished metallic surface, they stand out from
the said surface in high relief, like natural grapes and leaves placed upon it, with
reflections from the overhanging or undercut parts.
Or I take a spray of fruit, flowers or the like with attachment lugs upon their backs
or under-sides, and I place this spray within a suitable mould, and cast a base plate to
it, or rather to the lugs.
The ornaments first described, may if necessary be attached to their base plates by
lugs, which are rivetted at the back.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Ornamentation of Surfaces in High Relief for
Various Purposes.
I, CHARLES MEASON of Carlyle Road, Lozells, Birmingham in the County of
Warwick, Designer, 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 my invention is the production of ornamental representations or
objects in high relief upon plain surfaces; such for example, as metallic door plates,
bedstead panelling and the like for various purposes; and my said invention consists
in making the said representations or objects stand out upon the surface of plain plate
or panel, that will have all the appearance of a natural object having been laid on.
In carrying out my invention, I take a metallic base plate, preferably polished upon
its top side, and upon its surface, I secure independent leaves, sprays or fruit, or
independent or separate ornaments or lengths of ornament, by means of screws and
the like, passed from, or riveted to the back of the plate; or the said independent
parts may be secured by any suitable means; thus, in representing a spray of fruit,
such as grapes, I take a long rectangular plate (of any suitable pattern or design)
with its surface highly polished, and having at suitable distances apart, screw or rivet
holes, through which the affixing screws or rivets pass. I first take an independent
stalk or stalks, or portions thereof, and secure it, or them in the proper direction upon
the plate, by screws, which pass through the back of the plate, into the back or under-
side of the stalk. I then take independent leaves or sprays of leaves, with branching
stalks, or the like, proceeding from them, and these independent leaves or sprays,
then place in position relatively to the main stalks, in such positions, that the leaves
and their adjuncts, overhang and register the other parts, and which said last named
parts, are secured to the plate in a similar manner to that already described. I next
place the fruit in position under the leaves, or by the side of the leaves, as the design
requires. The affixing is effected either by screws; or by riveting as before.
The spray or design thus produced, has all the appearance of laid on leaves, stalks
and fruit.
By making or forming the sprays, leaves, fruits or other objects independent and
separate from the base plates, (upon which they are subsequently attached) they are
capable of receiving a high finish, which is unattainable when made or formed with
their base plates, by the process of casting as is usual. Thus the leaves, fruit and
other parts may be oxidized, bronzed or produced in colors as may be desired, while
the panels may if necessary, be polished metal, or matted upon the surface; or the
said panels or base plates may be made of wood, earthenware, or any other suitable
material, as the nature and character of the design requires.
When ornaments in the form of sprays of grapes with leaves overhanging, are
secured from their undersides upon a polished metallic surface, they stand out from

page_text: the said surface, in high relief, like natural grapes and leaves placed upon it, with
reflections from the overhanging or undercut parts.
Or I take a spray of fruit, flowers or the like, with attachment lugs upon their backs
or undersides, and I place this spray within a suitable mould, and cast a base plate to
it, or rather to the lugs.
The ornaments first described, may if necessary, be attached to their base plates by
lugs, which are riveted at the back.
I will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying drawings, the
manner in which the same is to be performed.
Figure 1 represents a metallic door plate, ornamented or embellished in high relief,
according to my invention.
In carrying out my said invention, I take a metallic base plate figure 2, preferably
polished, and upon its top face, or surface I secure independent leaves, a stem or stems,
and a bunch of grapes or berries, with a stem as represented in figure 3, by means of
screws, passed from the back of the plate, and passing through holes a² made therein;
and which said screws, take into screw holes b (represented in dotted lines) at the
backs of the laid on parts, as aforesaid, in figure 3. The independent stem of the vine
leaves thus shown, is also provided at its upper end, with an eye 62, through which the
shank of one of the screws passes, for securing both the top of the stem, and the leaf,
at the upper part of the plate.
Instead of a loose screw, or a screw pin being employed as the means of connecting
the ornaments to the plate, fixed studs, or a stud on the backs of the parts or ornaments
to be laid on, may be passed through holes as aforesaid, and riveted at the back of the
said plate.
Figure 4 represents the plate of a door handle, ornamented by the laying on, and
attachment, of independent parts. Thus the parts c, d, e and fare independent, and
made separate from each other, and attached to the base plate a, by screws 62, passed
through holes a' in the plate a, as already described with respect to figure 1, and
taking into screwed holes or screw sockets b in the backs of the parts to be attached,
as best seen in the part longitudinal vertical section figure 5.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what.
I claim is
First Ornamenting, or embellishing metallic surfaces, by the laying on, and
attachment thereto, of independent and separate parts, ornaments, patterns or the like,
whereby an article with ornaments or embellishments in relief, or in high relief upon
its surface, is obtained, substantially as described and set forth.
Secondly-Attaching or securing laid on ornaments, or parts, to the surfaces of
objects to be embellished, by means of screws, taking through the objects, and into the
backs of the said laid on parts, or by riveting or securing the ends of lugs or studs on
the said backs, or by casting the metal of the object around lugs carried by the
embellishments or laid on parts, substantially as described and set forth.
Dated this Twentieth day of March 1887.