A NEW MODE OF APPLYING AND COMBINING ORNAMENTED GLASS IN THE MANUFACTURE
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Pinkerton, of High Street, Borough, in
the County of Surrey, for the Invention of "A NEW MODE
OF APPLYING AND COMBINING ORNAMENTED GLASS IN THE MANUFACTURE
Scaled the 30th July 1853, and dated the 31st January 1853..
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John. Pinkerton
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 31st January 1853.
I, JOHN PINKERTON, of High Strect, Borough, in the County of
Surrey, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A
NEW MODE OF APPLYING AND COMBINING ORNAMENTED GLASS IN THE MANU-
FACTURE OF USEFUL AND ORNAMENTAL ARTICLES" to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in a new mode of applying and combining
ornamented glass with metals in the manufacture of useful and
ornamental articles, such as the pedestals of lamps, dessert dishes
and plates, invitation card baskets, finger plates for doors, and
other articles; and this I effect in the following manner, and by
the following means:-In constructing a pedestal for a lamp or any
other article, the figure or shape of which is that of a tube, whether
cylindrical or taper, I take a tube of glass, the outer surface whereof

page_text: is ornamented either by cutting, engraving, or painting a device or
devices thereon by any of the means in known and common use;
I then take another tube of glass, of larger diameter than the former
one, and I pass the larger tube over the smaller one so as to entirely
surround it, and in this position I securely fix it by cement or other-
wise in any convenient manner, and I afterwards affix said tubes
to the base and top of the lamp. By thus constructing the pedestal
it will appear
evident that the device upon and around the inner
tube will be clearly visible through the outer tube, care being taken
that the inner surface of such outer tube is perfectly clean before
fixing it around the inner one; and as the surface of the outer tube
can at all times be readily washed or wiped without touching the
ornamented part, it will appear manifest that a pedestal thus con-
structed will last for an almost indefinite period of time, so long as
the tube is not broken; whereas, were the device on the surface of
the outer tube only, then if such device were painted thereon con-
tinual cleaning would destroy it, or, if cut or engraved, such part
would be liable to be broken or chipped, and would not retain its
original beauty for long together. And in constructing dessert
plates and dishes, and centre or side dishes, I proceed as follows:-
I take a piece of glass of the required shape, and on the opposite
side to that intended to be exposed to view I paint or cause to be
painted, cut or engraved, thereon an ornamental device or devices,
and I surround and cover such ornamented surface with a piece of
metal or other substance or material impervious to the action of
atmospheric air or wet, and I securely fix and attach such piece
of metal or substance to the painted or engraved surface of the
glass in any convenient manner. And I would observe that this
only applies to such articles as only require the upper surface
thereof to be exposed to view; but for such articles. as are
formed with a stem, such a centre dessert dish, I construct the
stem in the following manner: -I take a piece of glass of the
required shape for the stem, and having painted, cút, or en-
graved the ornamental device or devices upon the inner surface
thereof, I then take a piece of metal or other substance or

page_text: material of corresponding shape to the inner and ornamented.
surface of the stem, and I securely fix it thereto, and con-
nect the stem to the upper part of the dish in any convenient
inanner.
And in the construction of finger plates for doors. and other
similar articles I proceed in a precisely similar manner to that
lastly above mentioned, taking care to exclude the atmosphere
and moisture therefrom; and in this manner and by these means I
am enabled to produce ornamental articles, which, however delicate,,
may be preserved for an indefinite period, and consequently pos-
sessing more durability than articles of the same character as
hitherto constructed.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters.
Patent, filed by the said John Pinkerton in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 30th July 1853.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I,
JOHN PINKERTON, of High Street, Borough, in the County of Surrey,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her,
Letters Patent, bearing date the Thirty-first day of January, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, in
the sixteenth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and succes-
sors, give and-grant unto me, the said John Pinkerton, Her special
licence that I, the said John Pinkerton, iny. executors,. adminis-
trators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said John Pin-"
kerton, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, froin 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 MODE OF APPLYING AND COMBINING ORNA-
MENTED GLASS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF USEFUL AND ORNAMENTAL ARTICLES,"

page_text: upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said John Pin-
kerton, 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 John Pinkerton, 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):
My Invention consists in a new mode of applying and combining
ornamented glass with metal in and for the manufacture of articles
of a useful and ornamental character, of which the following will
serve as examples whereby to explain the nature of my said
Invention, articles such as the pedestals of lamps, dessert dishes
and plates, invitation card baskets, and finger plates for doors.
And in order to explain my said Invention as completely as possible
I will proceed to describe the best means I am acquainted with for
carrying the same into practical effect, as follows:-To construct a
pedestal for a lamp or any other article, the figure or shape whereof
is that of a tube, whether the same be cylindrical or taper, I pro-
ceed as follows: I take a tube of glass, the outer surface whereof is
ornamented either by cutting, engraving, or painting a device or
devices thereon by any of the means in known and common use for
that purpose, and within this tube I place a metal tube, the outer
surface whereof is highly polished; I then place another tube of
glass of larger diameter than the former one, and. I pass the larger
tube over the smaller one so as to entirely surround it, and I
securely connect these glass tubes together by cement or other
convenient and suitable means, and to the ends of these tubes I
securely fix the base and top of the lamp. Thus it will be seen
that by constructing the pedestal according to my said Invention
the device upon and around the inner tube will be clearly visible
through the outer tube, care being taken that the inner surface of

page_text: such said outer tube is perfectly clean and well polished before
fixing it around the inner tube; and as the surface of the outer tube
can at all times be readily washed or wiped without touching the
ornamental part of the inner tube, it will appear evident that an
ornamented pedestal thus constructed will last for an almost indefi-
nite period of time, so long as the outer tube remains perfect;
whereas, were the device on the outer surface of the outer tube,
then if such device were painted thereon continual cleaning would
destroy it, or if such said device were cut or engraved, instead of
being painted, such part would, by exposure, be liable to be broken
or chipped, and would not retain its original beauty for long together.
And to construct dessert plates and dishes, and centre or side dishes,
I proceed as follows:-I take a piece of glass of the required shape,
and on the opposite side to that intended to be exposed to view I
paint, cut, or engrave thereon an ornamental device, and I sur-
round and cover such said ornamented surface with a piece of
highly polished metal or other substance or material which is
impervious to the action of atmospheric air or wet, and I attach
and securely fix such said piece of metal or other substance or
material next to the painted or engraved surface of the glass by
cement, or in any other convenient manner. And I would observe
that this mode of procedure only applies to such articles as require
the upper surface only to be exposed to view. As for those articles
which are formed with a stem, such as a centre dessert dish, I con-
struct the same in the following manner: I take a piece of glass of
the required shape for the stem, and having painted, cut, or engraved
the ornamental device or devices upon the inner surface thereof, I
then take a piece of highly polished metal or other suitable sub-
stance or material of corresponding shape, or nearly so, to the inner
and ornamented surface of glass above mentioned, and I securely
connect the said metal and glass together, as also the upper part of
the dish, to the stem thus formed, by means of cement or in any
other convenient manner.
And as regards that part of my said Invention which has refer-
ence to the construction of finger plates for doors and other similar

page_text: articles I proceed as follows:-I take a piece of glass of the shape and
size of a thin metal frame, into which it is to be placed, and I paint,
cut, or engrave a device or devices upon the inner surface of said glass,
and having done this I then place it within the before-mentioned
metal frame, and in contact, or nearly so, with that side of the glass
upon which the device is painted or cut, I place and securely fix
to said frame, by screws or otherwise, a piece of highly polished
metal, the surface whereof may be coated or covered with whatever
color may be desired; for example, suppose it is required to repre-
sent silver, then white metal may be used; if gold, then brass or
gold color; and for other colors, amber, crimson, and other coloring
matters may be employed; and this applies also to the pedestals for
lamps, the pattern of which will be visible through the glass, and
thereby produce a beautiful effect, combined with the advantage of
preserving the design for an indefinite period of time, and the
facility of cleaning the exposed and opposite surface of the glass to
that upon which the device is painted, cut, or engraved, thereby
rendering such articles more durable than when the design is upon
the outer and exposed surface of the glass, as hitherto practised in
the construction of such.said articles..
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in
what manner the same is to be, and may be performed, I desire it
to be distinctly understood that I do not claim the exclusive use of
any of the separate parts above mentioned and referred to, except
in so far as the same may be employed in combination, and for the
purposes. of my y said Invention, which I hereby declare, to consist in,
and I claim, firstly, as of that part of my Invention which has
reference to the pedestals of lamps, the stems of dessert dishes, and
articles of similar character, the constructing of such articles in
the manner herein-before particulary described and set forth. And,
secondly; as regards that part of my said Invention which has
reference to finger plates for doors, and other articles of similar cha-
racter, I claim the constructing of such articles in the manner herein-.
before particularly described and set forth, and. constituting my

page_text: Invention of "A New Mode of Applying and Combining Ornamented
Glass in the Manufacture of Useful and Ornamental Articles."
In witness whereof, I, the said John Pinkerton, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this
day of July, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and
fifty-three.
JOHN PINKERTON. (L.S.)
Witness,
ALEX PRINCE,
Office for Patents,
4, Trafalgar Square,
Charing Cross.