Personal Ornaments.
Year: 1888

page_text: Personal Ornaments.
I, JOSEPH GEORGE ROLLASON of Spencer Street, Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The principal object of this invention, is to combine in one article, a brooch, or other
personal ornament, and a bouquet holder.
Usually, bouquets or sprays of flowers, are secured to the person, by pinning the
same through the stems, with the flowers and foliage, inclining downwards. This
mode of attachment is troublesome and uncertain; and further, the said sprays or
bouquets, are unadjustable, when once attached.
By my invention, I combine with a brooch, clasp or other ornament, an adjustable
flower or spray holder, stiffly jointed at its inner end.
I will first describe my invention, in connection with a combined brooch, and
bouquet holder.
I take an ordinary brooch front, preferably of an elongated figure, and near one
end thereof, I jointedly connect a bouquet holder, which is capable of adjustment in
the same plane as the brooch. This holder consists of a semi-circular piece of metal,
with front circular clips, disposed at equi-distances apart, which are made to embrace
the stems of a bouquet, flower or the like.
In addition to the clips, I may also employ a spring tongue, for more securely
gripping the said stems. The tongue may be made out of one piece, with the holder,
or it may be attached separately.
The joint connection, is made preferably, by a stiff rivet, passed through the ends
of the respective parts.
The joint, which may be placed in any position upon the brooch, or at the back of
a brooch, may also be made to move outwardly, by a knuckle joint.
When the spray, gripped by the clipping part of the holder, requires to be adjusted,
it is only necessary to change the inclination of it, when it is turned inwardly, or
outwardly, upon its joint, which is situated preferably at its inner end.
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page_text: The brooch may have the usual pin and fastener at back, or it may be constructed
as follows, which is applicable to both the aforesaid, and to brooches without bouquet
holders.
I cut out from sheet metal, a blank, which is nearly of the length of a brooch, and
with the middle part turned into a tube, wherein the stem part of a nursery pin is
encircled. The two outer ends of this connection, are made into clips, or ears, which
pass either through piercings in the metal, at the back of the brooch, or are made to
embrace the two opposite sides in a clipping manner. The connection is disposed at
the back of the brooch, and the fastener is provided with the usual catch and spring
tongue, of the nursery pin form.
Instead of the connection between the nursery pin, and the brooch, being made by
a separate piece, the brooch back may be formed into a tube, nearly running from
end to end of the article, and embracing the stem of a nursery pin.
In another form of my invention, I make the bouquet holder, the front of the brooch,
or the brooch itself, consisting of a body part with stem embracing clips, and with the
attachment and tongue part, made after the manner of a nursery pin; so that the
holder takes the place of a brooch.
The bouquet holder may be made detachable, and secured to the brooch by a clip or
other connection, or by making the inner end in the form of two spring tongues,
pierced with long holes, and with enlargements at their inner ends, which take over
the head of a stud, secured on the back of a brooch; and in the attachment, the
holder is drawn outwardly, while the head of the stud snaps into a depression, and
forms a stiff swivel centre, about which the holder turns for its adjustment.
Dated this Twentieth day of Rabu 1988

page_text: Improvements in and Additions to Brooches and other like
Personal Ornaments.
I; JOSEPH GEORGE ROLLASON of Spencer Street, Birmingham in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturer, 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 principal object of this invention is to combine in one article, a brooch or other
personal ornament, and a bouquet holder.
Usually, bouquets or sprays of flowers are secured to the person by pinning the
same through the stems, with the flowers and foliage inclining downwards This mode
of attachment is troublesome, and uncertain; and further, the said sprays, or bouquets,
are unadjustable, when once attached.
By my invention, I combine with a brooch, clasp or other ornament, an adjustable
flower or spray holder, stiffly jointed at its inner end.
I will first describe my invention in connection with a combined brooch, and
bouquet holder.
I take an ordinary brooch front, preferably of an elongated figure, and near one end
thereof, 1 jointedly connect a bouquet holder, which is capable of adjustment in the
same plane as the brooch. This holder consists of a semi-circular piece of metal,
with front circular clips disposed at equi-distances apart, which are made to embrace
the steins of a bouquet, flower or the like.
In addition to the clips, I may also employ a spring tongue, for more securely
gripping the said stems. The tongue may be made out of one piece with the holder,
or it may be attached separately.
The joint connection is made preferably by a stiff rivet, passed through the ends
of the respective parts.
The joint which may be placed in any position upon the brooch, or at the back of
a brooch, may also be made to move outwardly, by a knuckle joint.
When the spray, gripped by the clipping part of the holder, requires to be adjusted,
it is only necessary to change the inclination of it, when it is turned inwardly or
outwardly upon its joint, which is situated preferably at its inner end.
The brooch may have the usual pin and fastener at back, or it may be constructed
as follows, which is applicable to both the aforesaid, and to brooches without bouquet
holders.
I cut out from sheet metal, a blank, which is nearly of the length of a brooch, and
with the middle part turned into a tube, wherein the stem part of a nursery pin is
encircled. The two outer ends of this connection, are made into clips, or ears, which
pass either through piercings in the metal at the back of the brooch, or are made to
embrace the two opposite sides in a clipping manner. The connection is disposed at
the back of the brooch, and the fastener is provided with the usual catch and spring
tongue of the nursery pin form.
Instead of the connection between the nursery pin, and the brooch, being made

page_text: by a separate piece, the brooch back may be formed into a tube, nearly running
from end to end of the article, and embracing the stem of a nursery pin.
In another form of my invention, I make the bouquet holder, the front of the
brooch, or the brooch itself, consisting of a body part with stem embracing clips, and
with the attachment and tongue part made after the manner of a nursery pin; so
that the holder takes the place of a brooch.
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The bouquet holder may be made detachable, and secured to the brooch by a clip
or other connection, or by making the inner end in the form of two spring
tongues, pierced with long holes, and with enlargements at their inner ends, which
take over the head of a stud, secured on the back of a brooch ; and in the attachment,
the holder is drawn outwardly, while the head of the stud snaps into a depression,
and forms a stiff swivel centre, about which the holder turns for its adjustment.
The holder may carry if necessary, a water tube, wherein the stems of natural
flowers are placed.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing represents in front elevation, a combined
brooch and bouquet holder, (with fittings) constructed according to my invention.
Figure 2 is a back elevation of the same, whilst figure 3 shows a horizontal section
of the said combined holder and brooch upon the dotted lines A B figure 1 (spray
.removed) Figure 4 is a transverse section on the dotted lines C D figure 3.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in figures 1 to 4.
a is a brooch front, and swivelly jointed to the middle thereof, is a bouquet, flower
or spray holder b, which admits of being adjusted or turned to any angle, according
to the inclination or position which the wearer desires that the flower shall rest in.
This said holder consists of a tubular turned up piece of metal, with a partially
opened and yielding front, of which the clips embrace the stems of the objects held,
and in order to ensure a more perfect grip, a spring free tongue c is directed up
the middle of the said holder, and forms an inside spring clip.
The holder is secured to the brooch front, by a joint d, around which the said holder
stiffly turns as a centre.
The tongue connection of the brooch is made up of a nursery pin, consisting of a
tongue e, joint, bar e³, and catch e, all made from a single length of wire bent
into shape, and with the bar e³, connected to the back of the brooch by an attach-
ment f, of which the middle part f2, is turned over the body of the bar, whilst
the terminals f of its crutch ends f³, are turned over on the front of the brooch, as
best seen in figure 4.
Figure 5 of which figure 6 is a side elevation, represents a brooch provided with a
detachable holder (shown in dotted lines) constructed according to my invention.
a is the brooch, having about its middle, a fixed headed stud d, to which the
holder is connected, by first passing the hole 62, over the head of the said stud;
and then drawing the holder longitudinally forward, when the smaller hole b³ which
has yielding sides is made to enibrace, and is there removably secured around the
neck, as shown in the back elevation of the said holder figure 7, of which figure 8 is
a side view.
Figure 9 shows in side elevation, and figure 10 in section, a brcoch, provided with
my new or improved tongue or tastener connection.
a is the brooch, e, e³, e³, e¹ is a nursery pin fastener, consisting of tongue, bar,
loop joint and catch.
The bar is secured to the back of the brooch, by a turned or rolled over cross
web a³, made in one piece, or attached to the brooch.
Figures 11 and 12 represent in back elevation and section, another form of connection
for the tongue fastener part.
a is the back of the brooch, and e is a nursery pin like fastener as aforesaid, of
which the bar is embraced and held by a closed tubular connection f³, whose ends
are made into ears, which are passed through piercings in the brooch, and clenched
on the front side thereof, thus securing the said parts together.
The spray or bouquet holder, may be jointed at one end, instead of at or about
its middle.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is.
First. Combining with a brooch, clasp, or other dress ornament, a flower, spray
or bouquet holder.
Secondly. Combining with a brooch, clasp, or other like personal ornament, a
jointed or swivelling flower, spray or bouquet holder, whereby the said holder, and
object or objects carried by it, can be adjusted to any angle or position, as may be
required by the wearer, as described and set forth in figures 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Thirdly. A detachable and jointed flower holder, in combination with a brooch,
clasp or other dress ornament as described and set forth in figures 5, 6, 7 and 8.
Lastly. Making the fastener or tongue parts of brooches from a nursery pin,
secured to the said brooches by connections and means as berein described and set
forth in the several figures of the drawings.