CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN A TACHABLE AND DETACH- ABLE DRESS, FLOWER, OR BOUQUET HOLDERS, TO BE WORN AS BROOCHES OR OTHER PERSONAL ORNAMENTS
Year: 1873

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Joseph, of the Firm of B. H. Joseph
& Co., Jewellers, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, for
the Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN A TACHABLE AND DETACH-
ABLE DRESS, FLOWER, OR BOUQUET HOLDERS, TO BE WORN AS BROOCHES OR
OTHER PERSONAL ORNAMENTS.”
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Sealed the 1st August 1873, and dated the 6th February 1873.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Joseph at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
6th February 1878.
I, JOSEPH JOSEPH, of the Firm of B. H. Joseph & Co., Jewellers, of
Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, do hereby declare the nature
of my said Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN ▲' TACHABLE AND
DETACHABLE DRESS, FLOWER, OR BOUQUET HOLDERS, TO BE USED AS BROOCHES OR
OTHER PERSONAL Ornaments," to be as follows (that is to say) :—
My Invention consists in forming a hollow receptacle of any
approved design or material capable of being ornamented, such as
thin silver, gold, or other metallic alloys or compounds, which readily

page_text: admit of being chased, enamelled, set with precious stones, or otherwise
treated for producing suitable effect; and to this receptacle I apply
a spring cover that admits of being raised or deflected on the application
of the stem or stems of flowers desired to be placed or passed down into
the hollow receptacle, the force of the spring before mentioned exerting
itself on the cover will thoroby yield sufficient force to hold the flower
or flowers in position, but which may be readily removed by raising
or deflecting the cover for that purpose; and although I have named
thin metal, other suitable materials may be used, such as jet, ivory, or
other like suitable material. To receptacles thus described I purpose
applying to the back thereof the ordinary brooch pin and catch, or other
equivalent means of attaching and detaching such ornaments when
used.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Joseph Joseph in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 6th August 1873.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOSEPH
JOSEPH, of the Firm of B. H. Joseph and Company, of Birmingham, in
the County of Warwick, Jewellers, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Sixth day of February, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, in the
thirty-fifth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto mo, the said Joseph Joseph, Her special licence
that I, the said Joseph Joseph, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said Joseph Joseph, 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, usc, exerciso, and vend,
within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN ATTACHABLE
AND DETACHABLE' DRESS, FLOWER, OR BOUQUET HOLDERS, TO BE USED AS BROOCHES
OR OTHER PERSONAL ORNAMENTS," upon the condition (amongst others) that
I, the said Joseph Joseph, by an instrument in writing under my
hand and scal, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature a

page_text: of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be per-
formed, 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 Joseph Joseph, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement (that is to say) :—
B
My Invention consists in forming a hollow receptacle of any ·
approved design or material capable of being ornamented, such as
thin silver, gold, or other metallic alloys or compounds which admit
of being chased, enamelled, set with precious stones, or otherwiso
treated for producing suitable effect; and to this receptacle I apply
a spring cover that admits of being raised or deflected on the application
of the thumb or finger on the stem or stems of flowers desired to be
placed in or passed down into the hollow receptacle, the force of the
spring before mentioned exerting itself on the cover will thereby yield.
sufficient force to hold the flower or flowers in position, but which
may be readily removed by raising or deflecting the cover for that
purpose; and although I have named thin metal, other suitable
materials may be used, such as jet, ivory, or other like suitablo.
materials. To receptacles thus described I purpose applying to the
back thereof the ordinary brooch pin and catch, or other equivalent
means of attaching and detaching such ornaments when used to or
from the dress or person of the wearer, as well as adapting other
equivalent means for facilitating the opening and closing the cover:
or covers of the receptacle that holds the flowers, as may be found
suitable for the various designs which may be used with equal facility.
in the carrying of out my Invention.
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page_text: or superseded for an insect, butterfly, or other suitable device. Fig. 2
is a back view, and Fig. 3 a vertical section.
The cover a, represented in a detached edge view at Fig. 4, may be
deflected, as shewn in dotted lines, by a slight upward pressure from
the thumb or finger to the projection of the cover marked b, for the
passing down of the stem or stems of the flower or flowers to be held,
and as the cover works on the axis c its deflection brings the loop c
in contact with the spring, the clastic force of which has a tendency
to retain it in the position shewn in the section, Fig. 3; but if preferred
a small loop may be attached to the front edge of the under side of the 1
cover, to which a wire may be connected passing through the bottom
of tho receptacle and terminating with a loop or pendant ornament
marked, as exhibited in a detached sectional view at Fig. 5, by
which means the simple application of the finger and thumb, and
a slight downward pull, the cover will be deflected to a sufficient degree
to permit the ready insertion or withdrawal of the flower stems.
The back view, Fig. 2, not only shows the axis on which the cover
works c, c, but also the spring and the brooch pin joint and loop
for ready attachment to the garment of the user. This brooch pin,
joint, and loop is best seen at Fig. 6, which is simply a top view of 2
Figs. 1, 2, and 3; the said pin, joint, and loop being marked g, h, i,
while the cover of the receptacle, as before stated, is marked a.
When such flower holders are required for wearing in or applying
to a lady's hair or head-dress, the brooch fastening last described may
be entirely omitted, and a simple hair pin or similar means may be
applied or looped to the back of the receptacle, as exhibited at Fig. 7,
or a wire hook may be substituted, as exhited detached at Fig. 8,
the terminable points being secured with a loop to the back of the
receptacle.
And again such receptacles with two or more spring covers may be 3
elegantly fashioned to be held or carried in the hand, and yet provided
with a simple curved hook or other equivalent means by which the
user may attach the holder with its bouquet to her dress during dancing,
promenading, or otherwise, and yet detach it from the dress at pleasure.
Fig. 9 represents a top, and Fig. 10 a side view of a bouquet holder
so constructed, in which casc I have represented two spring covers
marked m and n, the meeting edges being serrated for the better

page_text: holding the stems of the bouquet between them, while the projections
o and P
offered ready means for deflecting the cover, as described and
exhibited at Figures 3, 4, 5, and 6, marked b, or by other suitable
means if preferred.
The general form, as exhibited at Fig. 10 as may be readily seen),
will admit of much variety of shape in outline and detail of ornament,
while the spring hook 2 will form a simple mode for temporary attach-
ment to the bosom or waistband of a lady's dress, or button-hole of a
gentleman's coat, without detracting from its convenience for hand use.
Having thus given a general description of my Invention, and the
manner in which the same may be readily adapted for use in various
ways and suitably carried into effect, I will again observe that the same
general detail, or their equivalent may be variously modified and applied
to give effect to my Invention when other designs or materials, or com-
bination of materials, be employed for its production; but what I claim
and wish to protect under these my in part recited Letters Patent is,
the apparatus, contrivance, or combination of material and means for
the making of hollow receptacles with one or more spring covers for
attachable and detachable bouquet holders, as herein described and
exhibited, without any restriction as to the design or ornamentation
employed or imparted to the same.
In witness whereof, I, the said Joseph Joseph, have hereunto set
my hand and scal, this Twenty-eight day of July, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three.
Witness,
JAMES S. COCKINGS,
Patent Agent,
16, Ann Street,
Birmingham.
JOSEPH JOSEPH. (L.S.)