APPLYING ENAMELLED CAST IRON TO SUPERSEDE CHINA AND CRYSTAL IN CERTAIN HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES OF FURNITURE AND FIXTURES; SUCH AS DOOR KNOBS, HEADS OF HAND RAILS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES
Year: 1868

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Alexandre Désiré Eugène Boucher, of Fumay,
Département des Ardennes, in the Empire of France, Iron Founder,
for the Invention of "APPLYING ENAMELLED CAST IRON TO SUPERSEDE
CHINA AND CRYSTAL IN CERTAIN HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES OF FURNITURE AND
FIXTURES; SUCH AS DOOR KNOBS, HEADS OF HAND RAILS, AND OTHER SIMILAR
ARTICLES."
Sealed the 3rd November 1868, and dated the 11th May 1868.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION loft by the said Alexandre. Désiré
Eugène Boucher at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
his Petition, on the 11th May 1868.
I, ALEXANDRE DÉSIRÉ EUGÈNE BOUCHER, of Fumay, Département des
Ardennes, in the Empire of France, Iron Founder, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "APPLYING ENAMELLED CAST IRON TO
SUPERSEDE CHINA AND CRYSTAL IN CERTAIN HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES OF FURNITURE
AND. FIXTURES, SUCH AS DOOR KNOBS, HEADS OF HAND RAILS, AND OTHER SIMILAR
ARTICLES," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in a new application of enameled cast iron,
which I substitute in lieu of china or crystal in the manufacture of a
great many articles used in buildings as house fittings and for household
furniture.

page_text: The most important application is for door knobs, which are now
almost exclusively made of crystal or of china, and which will be super-
seded by enameled iron, it being almost alike in some respects.and.both
cheaper and stronger.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Alexandre Désiré Eugène Boucher in the Great
Seal Patent Office on the 11th November 1868.
'
TO. ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ALEXANDRE
DÉSIRÉ EUGÈNE BOUCHER, of Fumay, Departement des Ardennes, in the
Empire of France, Iron Founder, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Eleventh day of May, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, in the thirty-
first year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Alexandre Désiré Eugène Boucher,
Her special licence that I, the said Alexandre Désiré Eugène Boucher,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said Alexandre Désiré Eugène Boucher, my executors, adminis-
trators, 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 "APPLYING ENAMELLED 'CAST
IRON TO SUPERSEDE CHINA AND CRYSTAL IN CERTAIN HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES OF
FURNITURE AND FIXTURES, SUCH AS DOOR KNOBS, HEADS OF HAND RAILS, AND
NOTHER PRIMILAR ARTICLES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the
said Alexandre Désiré Eugène Boucher, 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 Alexandre Désiré Eugène Boucher,

page_text: the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
My Invention consists in a new application of enamelled cast iron,
which I substitute in lieu of china or crystal in the manufacture of many
articles used in buildings as house fittings and household furniture.
The most important application of the material alluded to is in the
manufacture of door knobs, which for some years past have been made
almost exclusively either of crystal or of china, but I also purpose using
the same material for making knobs for drawers as well as the heads
of hand rails of balustrades or balconies, and also the finger plates
which are placed on the door of an apartment near the lock to prevent
spoiling or fouling the paint with the hand; I also manufacture with
enamelled cast iron the heads of canes or whips and a great many
other articles which it would be impossible or idle to enumerate, and
which are to be seen everywhere in apartments, and by their. brittleness
are liable to be broken into pieces by being struck or by falling down,
whilst the same articles if made with enamelled cast iron present the
same appearance, have about the same weight, and are very strong.
Another advantage resulting from my Invention is that the price of
articles made of enamelled cast iron is much lower than that of the same
articles made either of crystal or of china.
In conclusion I claim in as large and general a manner as is possible
the substitution of enamelled cast iron in lieu of crystal and china for
manufacturing all the articles above specified or any other similar
or analogous articles.
In witness whereof, I, the said Alexandre Désiré Eugène Boucher,
have hereunto set my hand and seal, this Fifth day of November,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-
Signed and sealed in the
presence of
L. D'AUBRÉVILLE, C. E.
E. BOUCHER. (L.S.)