THE IMPROVEMENT OF MUFFS, TO BE CALLED THE PATENT RETICULE TRAVELLING MUFF.
Year: 1859

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Ellis, of No. 4. Collier Street, Pentonville,
in the County of Middlesex, Merchant, for the Invention of "THE
IMPROVEMENT OF MUFFS, TO BE CALLED THE PATENT RETICULE TRAVELLING
MUFF.'"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Ellis at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
8th July 1859.
I, GEORGE ELLIS, of No. 4, Collier Street, Pentonville, in the County of
Middlesex, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "THE IMPROVEMENT OF MUFFS, TO BE CALLED THE PATENT RETICULE
TRAVELLING MUP,'" to be as follows:-
.
The Patent reticule travelling muff, muff, reticule, and purse combined,
consisting of a muff to be made of all kinds of materials, one or more bags
inside, and purse, the opening to the bag or bags and purse being at the top
or other parts of the muff, and the same to close up with snaps or other
fastenings. When not required in use as a muff, it can be carried on the
arm by the cords, chains, or handles attached, as an ordinary reticule. The
muff, when closed, does not differ in appearance from the ordinary muff. The
originality of the Invention consists in the muff, reticule, and purse being
combined in one article, the same being available for all three purposes.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, file
by the said George Ellis in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
7th January 1860.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
ELLIS, of No. 4, Collier Street, Pentonville, in the County of Middlesex
Merchant Furrier, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eighth day of July, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, in the twenty-third year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said George Ellis, Her special licence that I, the said George Ellis, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said George
Ellis, 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 "THE IMPROVEMENT OF MUFFS, TO
BE CALLED THE PATENT RETICULE TRAVELLING MUPP,'" upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said George Ellis, my executors or adminis-
trators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their
hands and seals, 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
Patént.
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NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said George Ellis, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
I construct ladies' muffs made with fur or other materials, with an opening
in the muff, wherein I insert and fix a bag or reticule and a purse, the bag or
reticule being placed next to the pelt or inside of the skin or other material
of which the muff is made. I next place the wool or other stuffing, and then
the silk or other lining; I then fix the purse into the bag or reticule; I make
the opening to close up with snaps, buttons, or other fastenings; I attach
cords, chains or handles to the muff, so that the same can be carried on the
arm as an ordinary reticule when not required in use as a muff. The muff
when closed does not differ in appearance from an ordinary muff.

page_text: Figure One of the accompanying Drawing represents a muff constructed
according to my Invention. A is the opening; B is the purse; C is the
bag; D is the snap, button, or other fastening; E is the cord, chain, or
handle.
Figure Two represents a muft' constructed according to my Invention, with
the opening closed.
Having now described the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, I wish it to be understood that what I claim is,
constructing ladies' muffs with reticule and purse combined, by making an
opening in the muff, and therein inserting the bag or reticule and purse, as
herein-before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Ellis, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Seventh day of January, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty.
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the said
George Ellis, in the presence of
MICHAEL ABRAHAMS.
Agent for the said George Ellis,
17, Gresham Street, E.C.
GEORGE ELLIS. (L.S.)