IMPROVEMENTS IN COMPOSITION FOR ORNAMENTING GLASS AND PICTURE FRAMES, AND ARTICLES FOR INTERIOR AND OTHER DECORATIONS, ALSO FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF TOYS AND OTHER FANCY ARTICLES
Year: 1842

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES.
CLEMENTS, of Liverpool, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at West-
minster, the Fourth day of March, in the fifth year of Her reign, did, for Herself,
Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said James Clements,
Her especial licence, full power, sole privilege and authority, that I, the said
James Clements, my exors, admors, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
James Clements, my exors, admors, or assigns, should at any time agree with,
and no others, from time to time and at all times during the term of years
therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend,
within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention
of "IMPROVEMENTS IN COMPOSITION FOR ORNAMENTING GLASS AND PICTURE FRAMES,
AND ARTICLES FOR INTERIOR AND OTHER DECORATIONS, ALSO FOR THE MANUFACTURE
OF TOYS AND OTHER FANCY ARTICLES;" in which said Letters Patent is contained
a proviso that I, the said James Clement, shall cause a particular description
of the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be

page_text: performed, to be inrolled in Her said Majesty's High Court of Chancery
within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
in part recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same, reference being thereunto
had, will more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
James Clements, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention, and
the manner in which the same is to be performed, are fully described and
ascertained in and by the following statement thereof (that is to say):-
My Invention relates to the application of paste produced from potatoes, in
combination with other suitable materials for moulding or forming ornaments
for glass and picture frames, and articles for interior or other decorations, also
for the manufacture of toys and other fancy articles; and in order that my
Invention may be most fully understood and readily carried into effect, I will
proceed to describe the means pursued by me :-
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In preparing the potatoes they are to be cooked as if intended for the table,
either by boiling, steaming, or roasting; they are then to be bruised and mixed
with some pulverised article, such as fine sawdust, turf, or the waste bark from
a tanyard, ground very fine, or any other fine powder, which can be had at
small cost, the whole being worked into a fine paste by rolling and beating. It
is then fit for use and may be cast into ornaments by the aid of moulds, such
as is commonly used. for casting picture-frame and other ornaments, and applied
in the same manner.
Having thus described my improvements and the best manner I am
acquainted with for performing the same, I would remark that although I
have spoken of sawdust, turf, and bark as the materials used for making the
above-named composition, I have done so because I believe that they are the
cheapest, lightest in weight, and most suitable for the purpose; but I do not
confine myself thereto, as other articles in a pulverised state would answer
the same purpose.
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I would also have it understood, that my Invention does not depend on the
materials employed in combination with potatoes, the object of the Patent
being to apply the pulp or paste of potatoes in combination with suitable
powdered materials to produce a composition to be formed or moulded into the
shapes desired for the purposes above mentioned.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Clements, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-ninth day of August, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty-two.
JAMES (L.s.) CLEMENTS.

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Twenty-ninth day of August,
in the year of our Lord 1842, the aforesaid James Clements came before
our said Lady the Queen in Her Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification
aforesaid, and all and every thing therein contained and specified in form
above written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stamped according
to the tenor of the Statute made for that purpose.
AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Twenty-ninth day of August,
in the year of our Lord 1842, the aforesaid James Clements came before
our said Lady the Queen in Her Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification
aforesaid, and all and every thing therein contained and specified in form
above written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stamped according
to the tenor of the Statute made for that purpose.
Inrolled the Third day of September, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and forty-two.