IMPROVEMENTS IN STOVE-GRATE ORNAMENTS OR SCREENS
Year: 1885

page_text: I JAMES HENRY STONE trading as Benton and Stone, of St. Paul's Square,
Birmingham in the County of Warwick, Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature
of my invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN STOVE-GRATE ORNAMENTS OR SCREENS,"
to be as follows:-
This invention consists of a polished metallic frame of either rect-angular, oval,
round or other desired shape resting upon suitable feet and enclosing a reflecting
silvered mirror and with or without hinged or folding brackets which when drawn
out and resting upon the floor so form supports for flowers or plants-the reflection
of which being seen in the mirror tend to heighten the ornamental effect. And in
some cases on the back of the glass plate forming the mirror or upon the back of a
separate sheet of glass laid upon the face of the mirror I paint by preference in oil
colours any desired design in flowers, fruit or other ornamentation and thus I con-
struct an article suitable as a stove-grate ornament or as a screen for a fire-place
or for any other analogous purpose.
JOHN G. WILSON,
Agent for Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Stove-grate Ornaments or Screens.
I, JAMES HENRY STONE trading as Benton and Stone, of St. Paul's Square
Birmingham in the County of Warwick, Manufacturers, 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:―
This invention consists of a polished metallic frame of either rectangular, oval,
round or other desired shape resting upon suitable feet and enclosing a reflecting
silvered mirror made up of one or more divisions and with or without hinges or
folding brackets which when drawn out and resting upon the floor so form supports
for flowers or plants the reflection of which being seen in the mirror tends to
heighten the ornamental effect.
On the accompanying drawing Fig. 1 represents a rectangular framed screen
constructed in accordance with my invention-A is the frame resting upon feet B
and enclosing a reflecting silvered mirror C (which it is obvious might be made up
of several panels or divisions). D is a bracket suitably hinged to the frame A and
which when drawn out and resting with its foot upon the floor forms a support for
flowers or for a plant pot the reflection of which can be seen in the mirror C as
aforesaid.
In some cases on the back of the glass plate C forming the mirror or upon the
back of a separate sheet of glass laid upon the face of the mirror paint, by
preference in oil colours, any desired design in flowers, fruit or other ornamentation
and thus by combining a silvered mirror with a metallic frame on supports I con-
struct an article suitable as a screen for a fire-place or for any other analogous
ригрове.
Having thus 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
1st The combination of a silvered mirror with a metallic frame and with or
without brackets in the construction of a stove, fire-grate or hearth screen sub-
stantially as and for the purposes herein before described.
2nd In the construction of fire place and other screens-the use and application
of a silvered mirror ornamented at the back substantially as and for the purposes
herein before described.