NEW METHOD OF ORNAMENTING ALL MANNER OF STOVE GRATES, STOVE FRONTS, FENDERS, SHOVELS, TONGS, POKERS, CHIMNEY PIECES; CHIMNEY PANNELS, THE INSIDE OF HOUSES AND SHIPS, ALL SORTS OF JAPAN WARES, ALL KINDS OF CABINETS AND FURNITURE, THE OUTSIDE OF COACHES AND OTHER CARRIAGES, AND ALL SORTS OF CHINA AND EARTHENWARES, WITH FOIL STONES, BRISTOL STONES, PASTE, AND ALL SORTS OF PINCHED GLASS, LAPPED GLASS, AND EVERY OTHER STONE, GLASS, AND COMPOSITION USED IN OR APPLICABLE TO THE JEWELLERY TRADE
Year: 1786

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME.
WHEREAS His present Majesty King George the Third hath, by His
Royal Letters Patent, bearing date at Westminster, the Fifth day of August
last, been most graciously pleased to give and grant unto me, JOHN SKIDMORE,
of Coppice Row, in the Parish of Saint James, Clerkenwell, in the County of
Middlesex, Stove Grate Maker, and my exors, admors, and assigns, for four-
teen years from the date of the said Letters Patent, especial licence, full
power, sole privilege and authority, to make, use, exercise, and vend, within that
part of Great Britain called England, His said Majesty's Dominion of Wales,
and Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my "NEW METHOD OF ORNAMENTING ALL
MANNER OF STOVE GRATES, STOVE FRONTS, FENDERS, SHOVELS, TONGS, POKERS,
CHIMNEY PIECES; CHIMNEY PANNELS, THE INSIDE OF HOUSES AND SHIPS, ALL SORTS
OF JAPAN WARES, ALL KINDS OF CABINETS AND FURNITURE, THE OUTSIDE OF COACHES
AND OTHER CARRIAGES, AND ALL SORTS OF CHINA AND EARTHENWARES, WITH FOIL
STONES, BRISTOL STONES, PASTE, AND ALL SORTS OF PINCHED GLASS, LAPPED GLASS,
AND EVERY OTHER STONE, GLASS, AND COMPOSITION USED IN OR APPLICABLE TO THE
JEWELLERY TRADE;" in which said Letters Patent is contained a provisoe that
I, the said John Skidmore, should particularly describe and ascertain the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed,
by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal, and cause the same
to be inrolled in His said Majesty's High Court of Chancery within one
month next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent,
otherwise the said Letters Patent, and all liberties and advantages thereby
granted, should utterly cease, determine, and be void (as in and by the

page_text: said Royal Letters Patent, reference being thereto had, will more fully and
at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in pursuance of the said Letters Patent, and of
the above-mentioned provisoe therein contained, I, the said John Skidmore,
do hereby disclose, discover, and describe my said Invention in the nine
Articles following (that is to say):
:-
Article the First.-By drilling, punching, stumping, pressing, rolling, cut-
ting, or by any other method of making shallow or deep holes or grooves in
stove grates, fire stoves, stove fronts, fenders, shovels, tongs, and pokers, made of
polished steel polished iron, or any other polished metal, or by being japanned,
painted, or varnished, and according to such form, pattern, device, design, or
shape, as the ornament intended to be made is to be, and then fitting in such
shallow or deep holes or grooves with any or either of the following articles (to
wit) Foil stones, Bristol stones, paste stones, all sorts of pinched glass, lapped
glass, or any other stones, glass, or composition used in or applicable to the jewel-
lery trade, and which may be varied in size or in shape according to the size or
shape of such shallow or deep holes or grooves, and according to the several
uses and purposes to which the same may be respectively applied, and then
by fixing or setting any or either of the said articles of foil stones, Bristol
stones, paste stones, all sorts of pinched glass, lapped glass, and every other
stone, glass, or composition above mentioned, in such shallow or deep holes or
grooves with any sort of strong sticking varnish, or any kind of cement or
gummy substance that will become hard, and thereby hold in such shallow or
deep holes or grooves any or either of such articles of foil stones, Bristol stones,
paste stones, pinched glass, lapped glass, or any other stone, glass, or
composition which may be put in such shallow or deep holes or grooves.
Article the Second.-By sticking any or either of the said articles of foil stones,
Bristol stones, paste stones, pinched glass, lapped glass, or any other stone, glass,
or composition before described as the ornament on the flat surface of the stove
grates, fire grates, stove fronts, fenders, tongs, shovels, and pokers, which are
intended to be japanned, in such form, pattern, device, design, or shape as the
ornament intended to be made is to be, with a strong sticking varnish, or any
other cement or gummy substance; and after any or either of the said articles
of foil stones, Bristol stones, paste stones, pinched glass, lapped glass, or any other
stone, glass, or composition, as before mentioned, are so stuck on as lastly above
described, and by which said ornament is to be made the said stove grates, fire
grates, feuders, shovels, tongs, and pokers, are to be japanned or painted round
the said articles of foil stones, Bristol stones, paste stones, pinched glass,
lapped glass, or composition before described, or any or either of them; the
said articles lastly above named, or any or either of them that may be so stuck

page_text: thereon, in such manner and form that the said japan or paint may float round
the same, and by permitting the japan or paint to become dry and hard, any
or either of the said articles of foil stones, Bristol stones, paste stones, pinched
glass, lapped glass, or composition, will be made fast, and will be free from
damage or danger of coming off; or any or either of the said stones, glass, or
composition before described may be set on the flat surface of the stove
grates, fenders, shovels, tongs, and pokers, and after being set may be var-
nished, japanned, or painted over together by single or repeated coats of
japan, varnish, or paint; and after such varnishing, japanning, or painting is
dry, and the same or any part thereof lays on the stones, glass, or composition
before described, or any or either of them which may be intended for the
ornament, and so set as before stated, the same may be cleared by the
means of a knife, or any other instrument, or by rubbing with pummice, sand,
brick dust, or any or either of those articles, and by various other methods;
or if the japan, varnish, or paint is upon or covers the stones, glass, or
composition before described, which may be so set on the flat surface as lastly
above described, such japan, varnish, or paint may be taken off by the
following means:-Before the stones, glass, or composition before described
are set on the surface of the stove grates, fire grates, fenders, tongs, shovels,
and pokers, and before the same are japanned, painted, or varnished, take all
such stones, glass, or composition before described as are intended for the
ornament, and wipe them over on the surface or lustre part thereof with
sweet or any other oil, or with any kind of grease or greasy matter, being
careful not to let the oil, grease, or greasy matter spread any further than to
cover the surface or lustre part of such stones, glass, or composition, and then
the varnish, japan, or paint may be laid on as well over the stones, glass, or
composition before described as over the stove grates, fire grates, fenders,
tongs, shovels, and pokers, and then such varnish, japan, or paint may be
dried either stove heat or by air, and, when so dried, the varnish, japan, or
paint that is so laid on the stones, glass, or composition as aforesaid will easily
come off such stones, glass, or composition as the varnish, japan, or paint is
wanted to be taken off or cleared, the oil, grease, or greasy matter keeping
the varnish, japan, or paint from becoming hard or setting, as the part or
parts of such stoves, grates, fire grates, fenders, tongs, shovels, and pokers so
varnished, japanned or painted, that hath not been wiped or rubbed with such
oil, grease, or greasy matter.
Article the Third. All sorts of stove grates, fire grates, fenders, shovels,
tongs, and pokers may be ornamented with any or either of the above articles
of foil stone, Bristol stones, paste stones, all sorts of pinched glass, lapped

page_text: glass, and every stone, glass, or composition used in or applicable to the
jewellery trade, and to be varied according to such form, pattern, device,
design, or shape as the ornament intended to be made is to be, by stamping,
rolling, drilling, punching, casting, or by any other ways or means of making
holes, hollows, or grooves to receive any or either of the above articles of foil
stones, Bristol stones, paste stones, pinched glass, lapped glass, or any other
stone, glass, or composition which is now used in or applicable to the jewellery
trade in collets, settings, or bezels in gold, silver, brass, copper, pewter, steel,
iron, tin, or in any other metal, or in ivory, bone, pearl, or any kind of
wood, leather, or in any composition, and then to rivet, screw, braize, solder,
or by any other method to fasten any or either of such collets, settings, in
bezels to such stove grates, fire grates, fenders, shovels, tongs, and pokers as
are intended to be so ornamented; and, when so fastned, any or either of the
said stones, glass, or composition before mentioned may be put into the holes
of such collets, settings, or bezels as above described, with varnish, cement,
or by any other gummy substance, as is more fully described and stated in
Article the First.
Article the Fourth. As to the method of ornamenting all sorts of japan
wares with any or either of the said articles of foil stones, Bristol stones, paste
stones, or any kind of pinched glass, lapped glass, or any other stone, glass, or
composition used in or applicable to the jewellery trade, the same is or are to
be done in manner following:-By drilling, cutting, or by any other method
of making holes or grooves into and upon the surface of the article intended
to be ornamented after it is japanned, varnished, or painted, in such forms,
patterns, devices, designs, or shapes as the ornament is intended to be, and
then fitting or setting in such holes or grooves any or either of the said articles
of foil stones, Bristol stones, paste stones, or any kind of pinched glass or
composition, with varnish, or any other strong cement or gummy substance, or
the said wares known or described as japan wares; and before the same are
japanned, varnished, or painted may be ornamented with any or either of the
articles of foil stones, Bristol stones, paste stones, or any kind of pinched glass,
lapped glass, or composition before described, by striking or placing any or
either of those articles on the surface of such wares intended to be japanned
by the means of varnish, or any other strong cement, and which may be varied
in such form, pattern, device, design, or shape as the ornament is intended to
be, and then to pencil and japan round any or either of the said articles of
foil stone, Bristol stones, paste stones, or any kind of pinched glass, lapped
glass, or composition which may be so stuck or placed on such wares, or by
Japanning, painting, or varnishing as well over the said wares as over the

page_text: stones so stuck or placed on for ornament as lastly before described; and when
the japan, paint, or varnish is become dry and hard, the stones, glass, or compo
sition before described, and so stuck or placed on and japanned, painted or var-
nished over, may be cleansed or cleared from such japan, paint, or varnish by
the same methods, ways, and means, and by the same articles, as are mentioned
and described in Article the Second, and above set forth; and when the said
stones, glass, or composition before mentioned are cleansed from such japan,
paint, or varnish, the article or thing so ornamented may be polished, handed,
painted, and finished as other japan articles are and have been usually done.
Article the Fifth.-As to chimney pieces of all sorts, denominations, and
descriptions, and the inside of houses and ships, may be ornamented by the
same methods, ways, and means, and with the same articles and things as are
stated and described in the First and Second Articles above stated and set
forth.
Article the Sixth.-As to cabinet wares and all sorts of furniture, they may
be ornamented with any or either of the articles of foil stone, Bristol stones,
paste stones, pinched glass, lapped glass, or composition before described, by
drilling, cutting, or any other manner of making holes or grooves in the
cabinet or article of furniture, for the purpose of receiving any or either of the
stones, glass, or composition before described, and may be done in such forms,
patterns, devices, designs, or shapes as the ornament is intended to be, and
be set in and fastned in such holes or hollows as lastly described with varnish,
or other strong cement or gummy substance; or the holes or hollows may, as
lastly above described, and by various other methods, be made in all sorts of
fineers, before they are glued, fastened, or put on to the cabinet or article for
which they may be made; and when the cabinet or article is made and
finished the several or any or either of the articles of foil stone, Bristol stones,
paste stones, pinched glass, lapped glass, or composition before described, may
be set in such holes or hollows with varnish or other strong cement or gummy
substance, and, if required, may be varnished as other cabinet wares are, either
before or after any or either of the said articles of oil stones, Bristol stones,
paste stones, pinched glass, or composition before described are set.
Article the Seventh.-The outside of coaches and other carriages may be
ornamented with any or either of the articles of foil stones, Bristol stones, paste
stones, or any kind of pinched glass, lapped glass, or composition, by the same
ways, means, and methods, and by the same articles, as are stated and described
in Article the Fourth, which respects and relates to or describes the ornament-
ing japan wares; and by this method the outsides of such coaches and other
carriages so to be ornamented may be made to look very elegant; and any or

page_text: either of the articles of foil stones, Bristol stones, paste stones, or any kind of
pinched glass, lapped glass, or composition, as before described, may be
thereby well secured from coming out, without being covered with glass, or
being set in collets or settings, as other jewellery usually are, in coaches or
other carriages. And by this new method any or either of the articles of foil
stone, Bristol stones, paste stones, pinched glass, lapped glass, or composition,
may be set in borders round the pannels, or on or round the doors of coaches
and other carriages; and by setting and fixing the foil stones, Bristol stones,
paste stones, pinched glass, lapped glass, or composition, in the shape or form
of arms, crests, devices, initials, in such manner, and by such ways, means, or
methods as are more fully described in Article the Fourth; or by engraving,
cutting, pinching, or lapping all kinds of foil stones, Bristol stones, paste
stones, pinched glass, lapped glass, or composition; or in such and the like
shape or form of arms, crests, devices, initials, or in other device or design as
fancy may suggest.
Article the Eighth.-China and earthenware may be ornamented with any or
either of the articles of foil stone, Bristol stone, paste stone, pinched glass, lapped
glass, or composition, by drilling, or by any other method of making holes or
grooves in such parts of the china or earthenware as are intended to be orna-
mented, and in such forms, patterns, devices, designs, or shapes as the ornament
intended to be, and then fitting or setting in such holes or grooves the stone,
glass, or composition before described, or either of them, as intended for the
ornament, with strong varnish, cement, or other strong gummy substance, after
the china or earthenware so to be ornamented is burnt. But the best method
is, to make the holes in the clay or composition after it is formed, turned, or
casted, and before it is burnt, and after it is burnt to set the stone, glass, or
composition first above mentioned with varnish, cement, or other strong gummy
substance; or the china or earthenware may be ornamented with any or either
of the stones, glass, or composition first above mentioned, by collets, settings,
or bezels, in the same manner, and by the same ways, means, and methods, as
are stated and expressed in Article the Third above set forth.
Article the Ninth.-All the several things mentioned and described in the
foregoing eight Articles, which are mentioned to be ornamented, may be also
ornamented with any or either of the articles of foil stones, Bristol stones, paste
stones, all sorts of pinched glass and lapped glass, or any other stone, glass, or
composition used in and applicable to the jewellery trade, by sticking any
or either of the said articles of foil stones, Bristol stones, paste stones, pinched
glass, lapped glass, or composition, with varnish, cement, or any other strong
gummy substance, on the face or front of any or either of those things before
mentioned and described in the said eight Articles, to be ornamented after the

page_text: same are polished and finished, without making holes to set any or either
of the said articles of foil stones, Bristol stones, paste stones, pinched glass,
lapped glass, or composition therein; or the said foil stones, Bristol stones,
paste stones, pinched glass, lapped glass, or composition, may be fastned on
any of the things mentioned to be ornamented in the said eight Articles before
stated, by having holes made through the said articles of foil stones, Bristol
stones, paste stones, lapped glass, pinched glass, or composition, by the means
of screws, keys, or other fastnings.
As witness my hand and seal, this Fourth day of September, in the
twenty-sixth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the
Third, by the grace of God of Great Britain, France, and Ireland
King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, and in the year of our Lord
One thousand seven hundred and eighty-six.
stamped) in the presence of
WM LANGHAM.
DAVD CHAS COLLINGE.
AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Fourth day of September, in the
year of our Lord 1786, the aforesaid John Skidmore came before our said
Lord the King in His Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification afore-
said, and all and every thing therein contained and specified, in form above
written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stampt according to the
tenor of the Statutes made for that purpose.
Inrolled the Fourth day of September in the voor of our Lod