MAKING TEA AND OTHER TRAYS, WAITERS, CARD PANS, CADDEES, DRESSING BOXES, BOTTLE STANDS, INK STANDS, COAT, BREAST, VEST, SLEEVE, AND OTHER BUTTONS, FRAMES FOR PICTURES, LOOKING GLASSES, AND OTHER THINGS, MOULDINGS, CORNICES, AND ORNAMENTS FOR ROOMS, CEILINGS, CHIMNEY PIECES, DOORS,, PANNELS AND VARIOUS OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1786

page_text: TO ALL PEOPLE TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I,
OBADIAH WESTWOOD, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Button
Maker, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent. Majesty King George the Third, by His
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date the Four-
teenth day of December, in the twenty-seventh year of His reign, did give
and grant unto me, the said Obadiah Westwood, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, His special licence that I, the said Obadiah Westwood, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, during the term of years therein ex-.
pressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within
England, Wales, and Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of
"MAKING TEA AND OTHER TRAYS, WAITERS, CARD PANS, CADDEES, DRESSING
BOXES, BOTTLE STANDS, INK STANDS, COAT, BREAST, VEST, SLEEVE, AND OTHER
BUTTONS, FRAMES FOR PICTURES, LOOKING GLASSES, AND OTHER THINGS, MOULDINGS,
CORNICES, AND ORNAMENTS FOR ROOMS, CEILINGS, CHIMNEY PIECES, DOORS,, PANNELS
AND VARIOUS OTHER PURPOSES;" in which said Patent there is contained a
provisoe obliging me, the said Obadiah Westwood, under my hand and
seal, to cause a particular description of the nature of my said Invention, and
in what manner the same are to be performed, to be rolled in His Majesty's
High Court of Chancery within one calendar month next and immediately
after the date of the said recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same,
relation being thereunto had, may, more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Obadiah Westwood, do hereby declare that my said Invention of Making

page_text: Tea and other Trays, Waiters, Card Pans, Caddies, Dressing Boxes, Bottle
Stands, Ink Stands, Coat, Breast, Vest, Sleeve, and other Buttons, Frames
for Pictures, Looking Glasses, and other Things, Mouldings, Cornices, and
Ornaments for Rooms, Cielings, Chimney Pieces, Doors, Pannels, and
various other Purposes, are by cutting, bruising or grinding of rags, remnants,
or pieces of linen, silk, and silk thrumbs, cotton, ropes, sail cloths, or other
cloth, stuff, or other articles made from or composed of silk, hemp, flax, or
cotton, in a raw state, till the same are of a fine texture, which are then mixed
with a strong paste made of glue, flour, and water, or isinglass, flour, and water,
or other adhesive ingredients, till it become of a proper consistency; then is
added a small quantity of rosin, oil, and Spanish brown, red lead, or umber,
or other binding articles; the above composition is then well kneaded or
worked together till of a proper substance for making into large flat pieces
by being pressed into moulds, or made into various other forms by hand; they
are then put into a stove or oven to dry, and, when sufficiently dryed, such as
require it, are by a press or other instrument cut into pieces, sizes, or shapes
suitable to the several articles which they are intended to make, and then
put into moulds or dies, made of iron, steel, brass, or other metals, with
different designs engraved or made thereon, which are put in or applied to
stoves or other heat to relax or soften the said composition sufficiently to
receive impression (the pieces designed for buttons having shanks placed or
fixed therein while in a relaxed state, or otherwise a hole is drilled or pierced
in the center to admit a shank to be properly fastened therein), which moulds
or dies, when so heated, are put under a press or other engine where the
same are pressed, and thereby the said composition receives the form or
shape of the articles for which they are intended, and by such pressure become
of a hard substance fit for dressing up and to receive' varnish; several coats
of varnish are then put on, and by being again put into a stove or oven, or
applied to proper heat, becomes perfectly deprived of flexibility and secure
against the penetration of damp or wet; after which, the different articles
made with the said composition are polished and ornamented with painting,
gilding, and so forth; or inlaid with gold, silver, metals, stones, pearls, foil,
or other things used for ornaments.
In witness whereof, I, the said Obediah Westwood, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, and do acknowledge the above Writing to be my
Specifications, this Twelfth day of January, One thousand seven
hundred and eighty-seven.

page_text: BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the day and year last above mentioned,
the said Obadiah Westwood came before John Brooke, one of the Masters
Extraordinary of the High Court of Chancery of our said Lord the King, and
acknowledged the Specification aforesaid, and all and every thing therein
contained and specified, in form last above mentioned. And also the Speci-
fication aforesaid was duly stampt according to the tenor of the Statute in
coco made and provided.
Inrolled the Thirteenth day of January, in the year last above
mentioned.