Year: 1886

page_text: I FREDERIC WILLIAM HUDSON of 234 Blackfriars Road in the county of Surrey
Metallic Tile Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The object of my invention is to produce a window flower box that shall be extremely
effective in appearance while very simple and cheap in construction and therefore
more suitable and desirable for use than the window flower boxes at the present
commonly employed.
To carry out this object I make an open box or trough of any convenient size and
shape and of any suitable metal such for example as tin zinc or iron and I cover the
same on its outer surface as also on its inner surface if desired with paint varnish or
other suitable material which-while wet will be adhesive or sticky and this surface so
treated I cover in any convenient manner and by any usual means with granulated
marble stone sand or other material by which a rough stone or marble like appearance
will be produced by the adherence of this granulated material on the sticky surface of
the box or trough and this process I can repeat as often as may be desired or may be
necessary to cover the box or trough thoroughly and entirely. Ornamentation can be
produced on the surface of the box or trough by the use as aforesaid of different
colored marble stone or other material and if desired by the use there with of stencil
plates or other usual or convenient appliances. The box or trough is then baked
whereby this rough surface thereon is securely fixed and this my window flower box is
ready for use.
The window flower box after baking as aforesaid may if desired be further treated
for ornamentative or other purposes by varnish or paint or otherwise.

page_text: I FREDERIC WILLIAM HUDSON of 234 Blackfriars Road in the county of Surrey
Metallic Tile Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement :—
The object of my invention is to produce a window flower box that shall be
extremely effective in appearance while very simple and cheap in construction and
therefore more suitable and desirable for use than the window flower boxes at the
present commonly employed.
In the accompanying drawing I have shewn as examples five styles or forms of
these my window flower boxes but it is sufficiently evident that the same are only
examples for the said styles and forms and the ornamentation thereof can be varied
as often as may be desired.
To carry out this my aforesaid object I make an open box or trough of any con-
venient size and shape and of any suitable metal such for example as tin zinc or iron
and I cover the same on its outer surface, as also on its inner surface if desired with
paint varnish or other suitable material which while wet would be adhesive or sticky
and this surface so treated I cover in any convenient manner and by any usual means
with granulated marble stone sand or other material by which operation a rough stone
or marble like appearance will be produced by the adherence of this granulated
material on the sticky surface of the box or trough and this process I can repeat as
often as may be desired or may be necessary to cover the box or trough thoroughly
and entirely. The box or trough is then baked in the usual manner whereby the
rough surface formed thereon as aforesaid is securely fixed and properly hardened and
this baking may if desired be performed between each repetition of the aforesaid
process or only after the box or trough has been thoroughly and entirely covered.
Ornamentation can be produced on the surface of the box or trough by the use in
manner as aforesaid of different colored marble stone or other material and if desired
by the use therewith of stencil plates or other usual or convenient appliances. In this
manner the pattern or ornamentation can be produced in relief the separate layers of
granulated material being superposed on each other and each layer would be baked
before the next layer was put on.
When a sufficient amount of the granulated material has been so put on the box or
trough as aforesaid and has been duly fixed by baking this window flower box can if
desired be further treated for ornamentative or other purposes by varnish or paint or
otherwise.
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 window flower box made' and treated substantially as hereinbefore described