AN IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENTS IN ORNAMENTING ARTICLES MADE OF GLASS
Year: 1865

page_text: Sealed the 15th September 1865, and dated the 28th March 1865.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Williams at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 28th
March 1865.
I, JOSEPH WILLIAMS, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Electro-
plater and Silversmith, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"AN IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENTS IN ORNAMENTING ARTICLES MADE OF GLASS,"
to be as follows:-
My Invention consists of the improvement or improvements herein-after
explained in ornamenting articles made of glass; my said Invention being
applicable principally to articles made of flint and coloured glass, such as
circular dishes, flower stands, decanters, and drinking vessels, and other
articles having a circular or nearly circular figure in plan; but my said
Invention is also applicable to articles of other figures.
I will describe my Invention as applied to the ornamenting of a shallow
flower or other dish. On the under side of the said dish, and between the
edge and foot of the dish, I make an annular rim, the said rim being con-
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page_text: centric with the edge of the dish, the general figure of the said rim being that
of a hollow cylinder, the axis of which is coincident with the axis of the
dish. The said rim is made by the workman by the processes ordinarily
resorted to in fashioning glass. After the annealing and cooling of the article,
I indent the said rim by means of the ordinary cutting or other process, so as
to give its edge an ornamental character; the said rim has then the figure of
an inverted corona, and gives a highly ornamental appearance to the dish.
Any desired ornamental figure may be given to the edge of the said rim, and
portions of it may be wholly cut away at intervals, the remaining portions
being pierced or ornamented in any desired manner. The rim may be placed
in any required position on the article. Articles of glass made by the process
called pressing may be ornamented according to my Invention, in which case
the mould in which the article is made has the required figure to produce the
corona-like ornaments, but in this case the character of the ornament pro-
duced is much more limited than in the case of articles made by hand.
rim may in the case of moulded articles be made of other than a circular
figure. I prefer in pressed articles to make a plain rim by the pressing
process, and to complete the ornament by the process of cutting. Or the
pressed rim may have a figure somewhat resembling that of the ornament to
be produced, the exact figure being given by cutting.
The
My Invention may be applied to the ornamentation of articles made of
coloured glass, and also of the opaque kinds of glass commonly called
enamel.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Joseph Williams in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
25th September 1865.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOSEPH
WILLIAMS, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Electro-plater and
Silversmith, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-eighth day of March, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, in the twenty-eighth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Joseph Williams, Her special licence that I, the said Joseph
Williams, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said Joseph Williams, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter

page_text: 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
"AN IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENTS IN ORNAMENTING ARTICLES MADE OF GLASS,"
upon the condition (amongst others) that I; the said Joseph Williams, my
executors or administrators, 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 Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Joseph Williams, do hereby declare the
nature of the 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 thereof, that is to say:---
My Invention consists of the improvement or improvements herein-after
explained in ornamenting articles made of glass; my said Invention being_
applicable principally to articles made of flint and coloured glass, such as
circular dishes, flower stands, decanters, and drinking vessels, and other
articles having a circular or nearly circular figure in plan; but my said
Invention is also applicable to articles of other figures.
I will describe my Invention as applied to the ornamenting of a shallow
flower or other dish. On the under side of the said dish, and between the
edge and foot of the dish, I make an annular rim, the said rim being con-
centric with the edge of the dish, the general figure of the said rim being that
of a hollow cylinder, the axis of which is coincident with the axis of the
dish. The said rim is made by the workman by the processes ordinarily
resorted to in fashioning glass. After the annealing and cooling of the
article, I indent the said rim by means of the ordinary cutting or other process,
so as to give its edge an ornamental character; the said rim has then the
figure of an inverted corona, and gives a highly ornamental appearance to the
dish. Any desired ornamental figure may be given to the edge of the said
rim, and portions of it may be wholly cut away at intervals, the remaining
portions being pierced or ornamented in any desired manner. The rim may
be placed in any required position on the article. Articles of glass made by
the process called pressing may be ornamented according to my Invention, in
which case the mould in which the article is made has the required figure to
produce the corona-like ornaments, but in this case the character of the
ornament produced is much more limited than in the case of articles made by
hand. The rim may in the case of moulded articles be made of other than

page_text: a circular figure. I prefer in pressed articles to make a plain rim by the
pressing process, and to complete the ornament by the process of cutting; or
the pressed rim may have a figure somewhat resembling that of the ornament
to be produced, the exact figure being given by cutting.
My Invention may be applied to the ornamentation of articles made of
coloured glass, and also of the opaque kinds of glass commonly called
enamel.
Having explained the nature of my Invention, I will proceed to describe
with reference to the accompanying Drawings, the manner in which the same
is to be performed.
Figure 1 represents an elevation of a fruit dish ornamented according to
my Invention; and Figure 2 represents the said dish before the plain rim
has been ornamented. The dish is marked a, and the ornamental annular
rim is marked b. The said rim b is made on the dish by the ordinary processes
of fashioning glass. After the rim has been made on the dish of the form
shown in Figure 2, the article is annealed. It is then ornamented in the
manner represented in Figure 1 by the ordinary cutting or other process.
The ornamental annular rim b has somewhat the figure of an inverted corona,
and gives a highly ornamental appearance to the dish. I do not limit myself
to any particular ornamentation in the edge of the annular rim b, as it may be
variously ornamented; and instead of leaving the parts marked c plain, they
may be pierced or ornamented in any desired manner. The dish, Figures 1
and 2, may either be made by hand or by the process of pressing. In the
latter case the ornament of the rim may be produced by the said process, or
partly made by the said pressing process, and finished by the ordinary process
of cutting. Although in all cases I prefer to ornament the rim, yet it may
be left plain as represented in Figure 2. Figure 3 represents a mounted
jelly dish or plate ornamented according to my Invention; and Figure 4
represents the said dish before the ornament has been made upon it. The
ornamental rim of the dish is marked d in both Figures. This dish may be
made by hand or by the process of pressing, as herein-before described.
Figure 5 represents a flower vase ornamented according to my Invention, the
ornamental rim of the said vase being marked e. The said ornamental rim e
is made by hand, and ornamented by cutting. Figure 6 represents a decanter,
and Figure 7 a wine glass, ornamented according to my Invention. In the
said Figures 6 and 7 the ornamental rim is marked f; the said rims fare
made by hand. Figure 8 represents a lamp shade or moon ornamented
according to my Invention, the said shade or moon being marked g and the
ornamental rim h. The ornamental rim is represented plain in the said

page_text: Figure 8, but it may be ornamented in any of the ways represented with
respect to the ornamental rims of other articles, or otherwise ornamented.
The said rim is made by hand, and ornamented when required by the
ordinary cutting process. The said rim h serves as a reflector as well as an
ornament to the shade. Figure 9 represents a salt cellar ornamented
according to my Invention, the ornamental rim being marked i. The said
salt cellar and rim are made principally by pressing in moulds, but they may
be made by hand.
Although I have only represented a few of the glass articles to the ornamen-
tation of which my Invention is applicable, yet I believe the nature of my said
Invention will be so fully understood by the illustrations already given, that I
do not consider it necessary further to enumerate or represent any other glass
articles ornamented according to my Invention; but in all cases I apply the
ornamental rims essentially in the manner described and illustrated in the
Drawings, whether the articles have a circular or nearly circular figure in
plan, or of other figures. Although generally I make the ornamental or
plain rim of an annular figure, yet it may be made of other than a circular
figure.
Having now described the nature of my Invention, and the manner in
which the same is to be performed, I wish it to be understood that I do not
limit myself to the precise details herein described, as the same may be varied
without departing from the nature of my Invention; but I claim as my
Invention the improvement or improvements in ornamenting articles made
of glass, herein-before described and illustrated in the accompanying Drawings,
that is to say, ornamenting articles made of glass by applying thereto orna-
mental rims, the said rims being either plain or indented at their edges,
substantially in the manner herein-before described and illustrated.
In witness whereof, I, the said Joseph Williams, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-third day of September, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
Witness,
RICHARD SKERRETT,
Clerk to George Shaw,
Birmingham.
JOSEPH WILLIAMS. (L.S.)