IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO THE PRODUCTION OF SURFACES RESEMBLING MARBLE, MALACHITE OR OTHER STONE ON TUBULAR OR OTHER HOLLOW OBJECTS OR BODIES OF GLASS to be as follows:
Year: 1885

page_text: I, JAMES BUDD, of No 3 Finchley Road in the County of Surrey, Manufacturer,
do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO
THE PRODUCTION OF SURFACES RESEMBLING MARBLE, MALACHITE OR OTHER STONE
ON TUBULAR OR OTHER HOLLOW OBJECTS OR BODIES OF GLASS to be as follows:-
"
My invention relates to tubular or other hollow objects, such as pillars, pedestals
or boxes, having surfaces resembling marble, malachite, onyx or other stone.
In carrying my said invention into practice I take a hollow piece of glass, such
as a cylinder or tube, and I prepare the inner surface thereof in imitation of
marble or other stone. I then provide the said glass with an internal lining of
wood or other suitable material, and if desired, with a beading of brass or other
metal or material around one or both of its edges; or in the case of cylinders or
tubes to form pillars or pedestals I provide a wooden or other core and fill the
space between the interior of the glass and the core with sand or other suitable
substance.
A pedestal for a statue or bust or for a lamp is conveniently and advantageously
made according to my invention as follows, viz:-I take a glass tube of the desired
diameter and prepare it as above described. I then place it on a wooden base
which is sometimes painted or otherwise treated to represent marble or other stone,
and in which is fixed a core of wood or other suitable material, and I fill the space
between this core and the inner surface of the glass tube with sand or similar
heavy substance. I then place on the top of the said glass tube a disc of wood
and secure on the upper side thereof a disc of glass prepared in the manner above
named. This glass disc serves to receive the statue, bust or other article. By
these means I can produce a cheap pedestal which has the appearance of having
been made from a solid cylindrical block of marble, malachite, onyx, or other stone.
It is obvious that I can use for this purpose glass tubes of oval or other transverse
section.
I sometimes make a box according to my present invention in the following
manner, that is to say, I take a short tube, say about one or two inches in length,

page_text: obtained for example by cutting a piece from an ordinary glass shade, and of the
desired shape in transverse section (oval for example) and I treat its inner surface
in such manner as to make it resemble marble or other stone. I may then line the
interior thereof with silk or other material and form a bottom and lid therefor of
wood, papier-maché or the like, or the lid and bottom, or either the lid or bottom,
may be of glass similarly treated, a brass or other metal ring being secured around
the top edge of the box and around the glass forming the lid. The hinges are
secured to these metallic rims; similar rims may be secured at the bottom, if
desired.
Boxes made in this manner will have a highly ornamented appearance and will
be very useful for containing perfumes, hankerchiefs and the like.

page_text: Objects or Bodies of Glass.
I JAMES BUDD of N° 3 Finchley Road in the County of Surrey Manufacturer
do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO
THE PRODUCTION OF SURFACES RESEMBLING MARBLE, MALACHITE OR OTHER STONE
ON TUBULAR OR OTHER HOLLOW OBJECTS OR BODIES OF GLASS" and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
My invention relates to tubular or other hollow objects such as pillars, pedestals
or boxes having surfaces resembling marble malachite onyx or other stone.
In carrying my said invention into practice I take a hollow piece of glass such
as a cylinder or a tube and I prepare the inner surface thereof in imitation of
marble or other stone. I then provide the said glass with an internal lining of
wood or other suitable material and, if desired, with a beading of brass or other
metal or material around one or both of its edges; or in the case of cylinders or
tubes to form pillars or pedestals I provide a wooden or other core and fill the
space between the interior of the glass and the core with sand or other suitable
substance.
A pedestal for a statue or bust or for a lamp is conveniently and advantageously
made according to my invention as follows viz-I take a glass tube of the desired
diameter and prepare it as above described. I then place it upon a wooden base
which is sometimes painted or otherwise treated to represent marble or other stone,
and in which is fixed a core of wood or other suitable material and I fill the space
between this core and the inner surface of the glass tube with sand or similar
heavy substance. I then place on the top of the said glass tube a disc of wood and
secure on the upper side thereof a disc of glass prepared in the manner above
named. This glass disc serves to receive the statue, bust, or other article. By these
means I can produce a cheap pedestal which has the appearance of having been
made from a solid cylindrical block of marble, malachite onyx or other stone. It
is obvious that I can use for this purpose glass tubes of oval or other transverse
section.
I sometimes make a box according to my prevent invention in the following
manner that is to say I take a short tube, say about one or two inches in length
obtained for example by cutting a piece from an ordinary glass shade and of the
desired shape in transverse section (oval for example) and I treat its inner surface
in such manner as to make it resemble marble or other stone. I may then line the
interior thereof with silk or other material and form a bottom and lid therefor of
wood, papier-maché or the like or the lid and bottom, or either the lid or bottom,
may be of glass similarly treated, a brass or other metal ring being secured around

page_text: the top edge of the box and around the glass forming the lid. The hinges are
secured to these metallic rims. Similar rims may be secured at the bottom if
desired.
Boxes made in this manner will have a highly ornamented appearance and will
be very useful for containing perfumes, handkerchiefs and the like.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
The improvements relating to the production of surfaces resembling marble,
malachite, or other stone on tubular or other hollow objects or bodies of glass
hereinbefore described for the purposes set forth.
Dated this 13th day of October 1885.
EDGAR EDMONDS,
3, Circus Place, E.C.,
Agent for James Budd.