Improvements in Bracelets, Earrings, and other Articles of Jewellery.
Year: 1888

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bracelets, Earrings, and other Articles of Jewellery.
I, GEORGE FREDERICK REDFERN, of the firm of G. F. Redfern & Co., the General
Patent Office No. 4 South Street, Finsbury, in the county of Middlesex, Patent
Agents, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a communication from abroad by
Messieurs Wirth & Co., of Frankfort-on-the-Main, in the Empire of Germany, acting
as Agents for Robert Winter of Gemünd, Swabia, in the Empire of Germany,
Manufacturer of Jewellery) and in what manner the same is to be performed to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to bracelets, earrings and other articles of jewellery and it
consists in constructing such articles in such a manner that the ornamental portions
can be easily and quickly detached therefrom and replaced by others thus affording the
wearer a variety of jewellery at a small cost.
In carrying out the invention the ornamental portion which gives the article of
jewellery its distinctive appearance instead of being permanently fixed to the latter
as has hitherto been the practice is adapted to be attached thereto and removed
therefrom by the wearer as required.
The ornament when applied to the bracelet or other article is held temporarily in
position by means of eyes and hooks, pins or other suitable fastenings in such a way
that it cannot be distinguished from an article of ordinary construction.
In the drawing,
Figures 1 and 1 represent a bracelet, and,
Figures 2 and 2 an earring constructed according to this invention.
Figures 1, 1, 1' and 18 represent a modification of the construction of the
bracelet as represented in Figures 1, 1ª, 1° and 1°.
The bracelet consists of a ring a, on the inner side of which, as shown in Figure 1*,
is a sliding fastener 6 having two tongues c, e which, by shifting the sliding fastener
can be brought to cover two slots d, d. The ornament or top piece e (figures 1° and 1º)
consists of a separate piece on which are soldered two eyes f, f. (In figure 1' small
bolts with projecting heads are substituted for the eyes ff in Figures 1° and 1º).
These eyes are adapted to be passed through the slots d (or holes as shown in

page_text: Figures 1 and 1) of the ring a so that when the sliding fastener bis pushed forward,
the two tongues c, c will enter the eyes f,and so connect the ornament securely
to the ring. (In Figure 18 slots fitting over the shanks of the bolts are
employed.)
Instead of the fastener and the eyes f, f any other suitable fastener can be
employed such as a button or the like.
Brooches, lockets, pendants, earrings, scarf-pins and other articles of jewellery can
be similarly provided with exchangeable tops or ornaments but instead of using the
sliding fastener to connect the top to the frame, in smaller articles of jewellery, such
as carrings, scarf pins, and the like, a fasiening like that illustrated in Figures 2 and 2
which represent an earring and in Figure 2b which represents the top or ornament
thereof. The earring proper or wire a (Figure 2) has in the centre of its plate
a T-headed stud which fits into a slot in the top or ornamente; figure 2° shows a
back view of such top or ornament.
By then turning the ornament into its proper position the stud will fasten it to the
plate of the earring.
To prevent the ornament from becoming loose an eye g fixed at the side of the
earring is adapted to pass over a pin on the ornament and hold it securely.
As will be readily seen from the above description it is only necessary to change
the top ornament in order to give quite a different appearance to the frame of one
article of jewellery and thereby allow of a large variety of Jewellery being at the
disposal of the wearer at a small cost.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
An article of jewellery consisting of a frame and separate ornaments or top pieces.
the said frame and top pieces being adapted to be attached together temporarily by
suitable fastenings such as slides, hooks, eyes, pins or the like at the back or inside
thereby allowing the wearer to vary the ornamental appearance of the article of
jewellery.
Dated the 2nd day of Auruc 1888