IMPROVEMENT IN DECORATING PORCELAIN, CHINA, GLASS, EARTHENWARE, GLAZED AND ENAMELLED TIN, COPPER, IRON AND METAL WARE
Year: 1885

page_text: JUMI LEIE
I, HERBERT JOHN ALLISON, of the firm of Allison Brothers, of 52 Chancery
Lane, London, in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agents, do hereby declare the
nature of said invention for "IMPROVEMENT IN DECORATING PORCELAIN, CHINA,
GLASS, EARTHENWARE, GLAZED AND ENAMELLED TIN, COPPER, IRON AND METAL
WARE," a communication to me from abroad by Christian Friedrich Haas, of.
919 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, United States of America, Manufacturer, and
in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :—
The invention consists in the main, in the use of all adherents and binders soluble.
in water, to secure metallic colors to porcelain, metal ware, etc., and the application.
of leaves, feathers, fabrics, etc., for obtaining an impression on the ware.
In carrying out my invention I proceed as follows:-
1. The surface of the object to be decorated is coated with a mixture or solution
of sticky and adhesive substances soluble in water such as gum arabic, saps and
juices of trees, plants and fruits and especially sugar and mixtures of the same.
The mixture or solution may be used thick or thin according to requirements
and after application to the object, natural leaves, blossoms, branches of trees,
feathers, pieces of fibrous and textile material, etc., are laid on the coating surface
and the surrounding part is powdered with china or enamel colors or gold for
overglaze, leaving the parts covered by the leaves, etc., white.
The reverse method of decorating is done by leaving the surface dry and coating
only the objects to be represented with the sticky solution, then pressing them on
the surface to be decorated or ornamented and afterwards removing them. The
imprint or impression is to be powdered or dusted if desired, by which process an
exact copy of the texture of natural leaves, etc., is produced.
Stamps of cork, rubber and other soft composition may also be used for my
purpose by dipping them into the sticky solution and then imprinting the same on
the china, porcelain ware, etc., after which the impressions are to be powdered with
the aforenamed colors,

page_text: The sticky solution can also be used for delineating or drawing or writing with
⚫a pen, tracer, etc., and will then be covered with powder, after which by using oil
colors applied by pencils and brushes without dissolving the under colors, delicate
and satisfactory results may be obtained.
"
II. A further application of the decorative art after proceeding as in Paragraph I,
may be obtained by immersing in water the article which has been powdered or
painted. The color having been thus soaked, the dry stamp, leaf, blossom, etc., is
pressed thereon and the article again rinsed. After the second rinsing, the color
will disappear at all places where the stamp, leaf, blossom, etc., had been applied
and a beautiful white impression or decoration appears.
This "white-stamping
or removal of the color offers a large field for decorative purposes. If the colors so
treated are still in a semi-moist state, they may be worked with rubbers, soft
brushes, combs, etc., precisely as with the use of colors described in Paragraph I,
the decorations may be continued without destroying the ground or white
decoration.
III. A very valuable and productive art-material for further use may be gained
through the possibility of using metallic letters, stereotypes, electrotypes, litho-
graphic stones that are etched, seals and other raised designs on plates or rollers for
taking impressions by simply coating the letters, etc., with the adherent (preferably
of sugar). This is transferred to stiff writing paper by means of rollers or some
other process and the paper so prepared immediately transferred to goods to be
decorated. Owing to the fact that these transfer papers dry very readily they
should be moistened either by the breath or by steam or the articles to be operated
on may be moistened with water.
IV. Manuscript, drawings, engravings, etc., may be transferred by tracing the
outlines with the adherent and then transferring to whatever place or article
desired. By washing the original with a clean sponge and water, it will be
restored to its original condition.
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
0
1st The use of all adherents and binders soluble in water, as gum-arabic, sap and
juice of trees, plants and fruits, to secure metallic colors to porcelain, glazed or
enamelled clays, zinc, copper, tin, iron and other metal ware, substantially as
stated.
2nd The application of leaves, blossoms, twigs of plants, feathers, woven and
pressed fabrics for obtaining an impression on the above mentioned ware, as
stated.
3rd Cork, rubber, rubber or felt stamps or rollers, pens, tracers, etc., for spreading
the adherent, as stated.
4th The process of removing the colors already applied with water, as stated..
5th The use of metallic letters, stereotypes, electrotypes, lithographic stones that
are etched, seals, plates and rollers used as described and for the purpose set forth.
6th The process described in Article IV in relation to the copying of drawings, etc.,
on paper.
Dad T 3
1