A NEW OR IMPROVED METHOD OF LABELLING BOTTLES AND SUCH OTHER VESSELS OR ARTICLES AS REQUIRE OR MAY REQUIRE LABELLING."
Year: 1854

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William John Bisseker, of Birmingham, in the
County of Warwick, Manufacturer, for the Invention of "A NEW OR
IMPROVED METHOD OF LABELLING BOTTLES AND SUCH OTHER VESSELS OR ARTICLES
AS REQUIRE OR MAY REQUIRE LABELLING."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William John Bisseker
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
29th June 1854.
I, WILLIAM JOHN BISSEKER, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A
NEW OR IMPROVED METHOD OF LABELLING BOTTLES AND SUCH OTHER VESSELS OB
ARTICLES AS REQUIRE OR MAY REQUIRE LABELLING" to be as follows:-
My said Invention consists in making labels of glass, the said glass being
curved or figured, so as to fit the surface of the bottle or other article to which
it is to be applied. The inscription is written on the back of the said glass, so
that when the said glass is applied to the bottle or other article the said
inscription is read through the said glass the said inscription being enclosed
between the back surface of the glass and the front surface of the bottle or
other article. By my Invention, the inscription is thoroughly protected and
always retains its original appearance. I attach the glass label by cement or
otherwise, and I sometimes make a depression or indentation in the bottle or
article, in which in lentation or depression-the glass label is inserted, so that its

page_text: surface may be flush with the general surface of the bottle or article; or
instead of writing the inscription on the back of the glass, the said inscrip-
tion may be written on paper or other substance, and introduced between the
glass and bottle or other article.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William John Bisseker in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 10th October 1854.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
JOHN BISSEKER, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturer,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-ninth day of June, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, in the eighteenth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said William John Bisseker, Her special licence that I, the said
William John Bisseker, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said William John Bisseker, my executors, administrators,
and assigus, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time
and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and
lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an
Invention for "A NEW OR IMPROVED METHOD OF LABELLING BOTTLES AND SUCH
OTHER VESSELS OR ARTICLES AS REQUIRE OR MAY REQUIRE LABELLING,"
upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said William John Bisseker, by an
instrument in writing under my hand and seal, should particularly describe
and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent
Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the
said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William John Bisseker, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof (that is to say) :-
This Invention'consists in manufacturing glass labels for bottles and similar
purposes, curved or otherwise, formed to fit accurately to the contour of the
bottles or other articles for which they are intended, the inscriptions or

page_text: devices upon such labels being written on the back of the glass, so that when
the label is fitted to the bottle or other article the writing or device is seen
through the glass of which it is composed, whilst the inscription or device,
being enclosed between the back of the glass label and the surface of the
bottle, is protected from external injury, and the ornamental effect attained is
very greatly increased.
The glass label may be attached to the bottle or other article by cement or
other convenient arrangement, or a depression or indentation may be cast or
formed in the bottle or article, in which the glass label may be inserted, so
that the surface of the label may be flush with the general surface of the
bottle or article.
Instead of writing the inscription or device on the back of the glass label,
the inscription or device may be written or impressed on paper or other suit-
able material, and may be introduced between the plain glass label and the
bottle or other article.
CLAIM.
The manufacture or construction of labels for bottles and other similar
articles of glass, or other transparent substance, such labels being shaped so as
to fit the surface of the bottle or other article, and having the inscription or
device upon the back surface of the label.
In witness whereof, I, the said William John Bisseker, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Tenth day of October, in the year
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four.
Witness,
JAMES MURDOCK.
WILLIAM JOHN BISSEKER. (L.S.)

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William John Bisseker, of Birmingham, in the
County of Warwick, Manufacturer, for the Invention of "A NEW OR
IMPROVED METHOD OF LABELLING BOTTLES AND SUCH OTHER VESSELS OR ARTICLES
AC DEQHIDE OR MAY DO LA DELLING"
Sealed the 26th September 1854, and dated the 29th June 1854.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William John Bisseker
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
29th June 1854.
I, WILLIAM JOHN BISSEKER, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A
NEW OR IMPROVED METHOD OF LABELLING BOTTLES AND SUCH OTHER VESSELS OR
ARTICLES AS REQUIRE OR MAY REQUIRE LABELLING " to be as follows:-
My said Invention consists in making labels of glass, the said glass being
curved or figured, so as to fit the surface of the bottle or other article to which
it is to be applied. The inscription is written on the back of the said glass, so
that when the said glass is applied to the bottle or other article the said
inscription is read through the said glass the said inscription being enclosed
between the back surface of the glass and the front surface of the bottle or
other article. By my Invention, the inscription is thoroughly protected and
always retains its original appearance. I attach the glass label by cement or
otherwise, and I sometimes make a depression or indentation in the bottle or
article, in which indentation or depression the glass label is inserted, so that its

page_text: surface may be flush with the general surface of the bottle or article; or
instead of writing the inscription on the back of the glass, the said inscrip-
tion may be written on paper or other substance, and introduced between the
class and bottle or other article.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William John Bisseker in the Great. Seal Patent Office
on the 10th October 1854.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
JOHN BISSEKER, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturer,
send greeting.
or such
WHEREAS. Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by. Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-ninth day of June, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, in the eighteenth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said William John Bisseker, Her special licence that I, the said
William John Bisseker, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
others as I, the said William John Bisseker, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time
and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and
lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an
Invention for "A NEW OR IMPROVED METHOD OF LABELLING BOTTLES AND SUCH
OTHER VESSELS OR ARTICLES AS REQUIRE OR MAY REQUIRE LABELLING," upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said William John Bisseker,
instrument in writing under my hand and seal, should particularly describe
and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent
Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the
said Letters Patent.
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an
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William John Bisseker, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof (that is to say)
This Invention consists in manufacturing glass labels for bottles and similar
purposes, curved or otherwise, formed to fit accurately to the contour of the
bottles or other articles for which they are intended, the inscriptions or

page_text: devices upon such labels being written on the back of the glass, so that when
the label is fitted to the bottle or other article the writing or device is seen
through the glass of which it is composed, whilst the inscription or device,
being enclosed between the back of the glass label and the surface of the
bottle, is protected from external injury, and the ornamental effect attained is
very greatly increased.
The glass label may be attached to the bottle or other article by cement or
other convenient arrangement, or a depression or indentation may be cast or
formed in the bottle or article, in which the glass label may be inserted, so
that the surface of the label may be flush with the general surface of the
bottle or article.
Instead of writing the inscription or device on the back of the glass label,
the inscription or device may be written or impressed on paper or other suit-
able material, and may be introduced between the plain glass label and the
bottle or other article.
CLAIM.
The manufacture or construction of labels for bottles and other similar
articles of glass, or other transparent substance, such labels being shaped so as
to fit the surface of the bottle or other article, and having the inscription or
device upon the back surface of the label.
In witness whereof, I, the said William John Bisseker, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Tenth day of October, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four.
TELIA
OHN BISSEKER. (L.S.)
5 Witness,
JAMES MURDOCH.