IMPROVEMENTS IN LOCKETS
Year: 1861

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Carter Haseler, of Number 19, Vittoria
Street, Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturing Jeweller,
for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN LOCKETS."
Sealed the 28th November 1861, and dated the 18th September 1861..
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Carter Haseler
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition on,
the 18th September 1861.
I, GEORGE CARTER HABELER, of Number 19, Vittoria Street, Birmingham,
in the County of Warwick, Manufacturing Jeweller, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN LOCKETS," to be as
follows:-
My Invention consists, firstly, of an improved locket effected by the intro-
duction of an inscription plate, or other ornamental design, between the sides
or lids of lockets, and constructed in the following manner :-To the sides of
a prolonged part of the inscription plate or ornamental design are hinged the'
sides or lids of a locket so that when the locket is unfastened the sides drop,
and both sides of the inscription plate or ornament are thereby exposed to
view. The inscription plate or ornament is smaller than the sides or lids of
the locket, so that when the locket is shut the inscription plate or ornament
lies within the hollow of the locket, and is thus completely hidden from view.

page_text: Secondly, for an improved mode of putting portraits or other designs into
lockets by sliding the samo through an aperture in the end or side of the
locket or frame constituting part of the locket, instead of taking out the glass
or box as now practised.
A further improvement in this part of my Invention consists in dispensing
with the glasses in lockets altogether, by sliding the portraits or other designs
through an aperture in the end or side of the lockets or frames constituting
part of the locket, but without glasses; in this way I make a lighter and
less bulky locket than when glasses are used.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said George Carter Haseler in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 11th March 1862. -
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
CARTER HASBLER, of No. 19, Vittoria Street, Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturing Jeweller, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Thirteenth day of September, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, in the twenty-fourth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said. George Carter Hasoler, Her special licence that I, the said
George Carter Haseler, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said George Carter Haseler, 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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN LOCKETS," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said George Carter Haseler, 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 George Carter Haseler, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is"

page_text: to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, reference being had to the Drawing hereunto annexed,
and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to say) :-
:-
My Invention of improvements in articles of jewelry, called lockets, consist,
1stly, in constructing lockets with a secret ornament or inscription plate, or
other ornamental design, placed between the lids or sides of lockets, so as to
be hidden from view when the locket is closed, and to stand up and be exposed
to view when the locket is open.
2ndly, for improvements in the construction of lockets known as "book
lockets," by securing portraits or other ornamental designs in frames without
glasses when inserted through a slit or aperture, and in stopping up such slit
or aperture by means of plates, slides, or bolts; and in the formation of book
lockets by the use of such frames or leaves, as shown in Figures 10 and 12,
which several improvements are herein-after more fully described.
Figure 1 represents an ordinary locket open, to which I have adapted my
secret ornament or inscription plate; Figure 2 represents the above locket
taken to pieces; Figure 3 is a front view of the same locket closed; Figure 4
is an edge view of the same.
Letter a is the secret ornament or inscription plate as shown in Figure 1;
b, b, are the lids or sides of locket; c, c, a common locket joint divided into
three parts, two of which are attached to one lid, and one to the other; d, a
ring or tube attached to the end of the secret ornament or inscription plate;
this ring or tube passes round the centre part of the joint c, c.
Figure 5 represents an ordinary locket to which I have adapted my secret
ornament or inscription plate; Figure 6 an edge view of the same locket
closed. Letter F, secret ornament or inscription plate; g, ring or rim to which
the lids h, h, are jointed by ordinary locket joints or hinges, and against which
ring g the lids h, h, shut when the locket is closed. The secret ornament F is
attached to the inside of the ring or rim g. Sometimes I dispense with the
ring 9 and attach the joints to the sides of a prolonged part of the secret
ornament or inscription plate, as described in my Provisional Specification.
The introduction of the secret ornament a and F into locks is all I claim as
new in this part of my Invention.
Figure 7 represents a glassless frame or leaf of a book locket with the
portrait halfway in. Letter i is the frame; k, the portrait. After the portraits
are inserted I secure them by means of a plate similar to Figures 8 or 9,
which holds them firmly in their place; and the lower part of the stopping
plate, lettered L, fills up the slit or aperture. m is a side view of Figure 9.
I do not confine myself to this particular kind of securing plate; sometimes it

page_text: is advantageous to fix the portraits on to the plates by gum or cement, and in
some cases it is only necessary to use the lower part of the stopping plate
lettered L, to fill up the slit or aperture.
Figure 10 represents an improvement in "book lockets.". This Drawing
shows a three-leaf locket, but they may consist of any number of leaves. or
frames made to contain portraits, and to which is adapted my securing plate.
Theso leaves or frames when jointed together form a folding book locket, and
having a portrait secured by my improved plate, slide, or bolt, on each side of
the leaf or frame, except the two end ones, which take only one portrait, one
side of which forms the cover or outside of the locket when closed.
Letters o, o, are ordinary clasps or fasteners; p, frame containing 2 portraits;
9, 9, are end frames, a portrait on one side only. Tho novelty in this locket
consists in its opening from both edges, and requiring and having a clasp or
fastener on both edges.
Figure 11 represents the same locket closed, having the 2 clasps, lettered
o, o, left open; Figure 12, a view of a book locket open, and containing three
frames or leaves; Figure 13 represents the same locket closed; Figure 14, a
view of the back of the same locket, showing that tho joint constitutes the
entire back. To each frame or leaf and lid are attached parts of the joint or
hinge which, when riveted together, constitute the entire back of the locket
when closed. And when the locket is wide open the whole of the joint or
binge is inside and within the lids, as shown in Figure 12, thus allowing the
frames or leaves free play to fall flat upon the lids or upon each other. The
novelty in this locket consists in the diameter of the joint or hinge being equal
to the thickness of such frames or leaves contained within the locket, instead
of using one or more small joints or hinges as now practised.
Having now described my Invention of improvements in articles of jewelry
called lockets, and having explained the manner of carrying the same into
effect, I claim as the Invention secured to me by Letters Patent as aforesaid,
1st, the introduction of a secret ornament or inscription plate into lockets,
which may be made of any pattern or design.
2nd, in securing portraits or other ornamental designs in glassless frames or
leaves of lockets by means of plates, slides, or bolts, and in stopping up tho
slit or aperture through which such portraits or other ornamental designs are
inserted.
.. 3rd, in constructing "book lockets" to open from both edges, and requiring
and having a clasp or fastener on both edges.
Lastly, I claim the use or adaptation of a joint or binge, the diameter of
which is equal to the thickness of the contents of the locket, containing 2 or

page_text: more frames or leaves, which joint or hinge forms the entire back of the
locket when closed.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Carter Haseler, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Eleventh day of March, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.
GEORGE CARTER HASELER. (LS.)
Witness,
HENRY HALL,
38, Matilda Street, Islington.