Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Tiles, Bricks, or the like Articles having Ornamented or Decorated Surfaces.
Year: 1889

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Tiles, Bricks, or the
like Articles having Ornamented or Decorated Surfaces..
GEORGE ANTHONY MARSDEN 10 Parker's Terrace Basford Stoke-on-Trent County
of Stafford, 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 object of my Invention is to produce in a simple and efficient manner a com-
bined ornamental pattern and background upon the surface or surfaces of Tiles, Bricks
or the like articles, the said processes being applicable to both the dust and clay methods
of making such articles.
1 will now proceed to give a detailed description of the manner in which my Inven-
tion is carried into practice.
I first take the piece of Lace or other fabric, the design or pattern of which I wish
to reproduce on the surface of tiles or the like articles, and secure the same to a piece
of cardboard, wood or other suitable material of any convenient size and shape by an
adhesive substance, with this pattern. I form a mould, in which tiles or the like articles
may be cast or formed, having the pattern of the lace or other fabric on its surface.
When it is desired to produce novel and distinct designs of textile fabrics on the
surface of tiles or like articles, I cut out or form a stencil or stencils of any design
or pattern.
The metal, wood or other pattern having the design of a fabric or fabrics on its
surface is first placed in the mould with the stencil or stencils superimposed, and
the clay, dust or other moulding material pressed down on top of same, or the stencil
may be placed on the top of the clay or other material, and the decorated surface of the
metal, wood or other pattern superimposed on same, sufficient pressure being applied, so
as to form an impression in the moulding material, in which I cast or form tiles or
like articles. When the pattern and stencil are removed from the mould, a pattern
will be found to have been pressed out through the stencils, and raised above the
background of lace or other fabric, or the said pattern may be formed direct on the
surface of the tile or like article.
Or I make a pattern as herein before stated, by securing lace or other fabric to
cardboard, wood or other material with any suitable adhesive substance, on the surface
of which I form in clay, plaster of Paris or the like, a model or pattern in relief, or
intagliated carefully worked together, which pattern I use for making moulds, or I
form therefrom a duplicate in metal, to be used for impressing the design or pattern
in the surface of tiles, bricks or the like, the pattern may either be placed at the
bottom of the moulding box, and the clay, dust or other material pressed down
on same, or the said patttern may be pressed down into the clay or other
material to form a mould in which tiles having novel decorated surfaces may
be cast or otherwise formed. Or I take a piece of oil paper or other suitable
material and cut same to fit the mould. I then draw or delineate the desired
pattern or patterns upon its surface, and then cut it out so as to form a stencil which
place upon the clay, dust or other material in the mould, I then place a piece of
lace or other woven fabric, which is cut to fit the mould on the top of it, the whole
is then pressed together, or the lace or other fabric and stencil may be placed in
the moulding box first, and the clay or other moulding material filled in, and pressed
down on top of same. When the fabric or fabrics and stencil are removed from the
mould, a pattern of the woven fabric will be found to be impressed not only on the
design formed by the stencil, but on the entire surface of the tile or other like article,
the said pattern may be colored or decorated while the stencil and woven fabric
remain impressed in the tile, or after one or both have been removed, which may be
done as soon as the tile is removed from the press.

page_text: The stencils made of paper or other suitable material, and the fabric, being used
until rendered useless for the purpose herein described:
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my Invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
The mode of producing patterns or designs on the surfaces of tiles or the like articles
in relief or intagliated, by the methods, and in the manner as herein substantially
described and set forth.