An Improved Substitute for Ornamental Tiles, Applicable to Fenders, Fire-places, Window-boxes, and for other Purposes.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Sept., 1889-Accepted, 26th Oct., 1889
DE BOLTIVATION.
An Improved Substitute for Ornamental Tiles, Applicable to Fenders,
Fire-places, Window-boxes, and for other Purposes.
I, JOHN FRAZER, of Summer Hill Foundry, Birmingham, Warwickshire, Manu-
facturer, 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:-
This invention has reference to an improved substitute for ornamental tiles as used
for tiled hearths, the sides of fire-places, window-boxes, flower-stands, and for other
like purposes, the said substitute being less costly, unbreakable, and more easily
applied than are the said ornamental tiles.
In carrying out my invention I paint, enamel, print or otherwise decorate plates
or sheets of iron, steel, or other metal, so as to represent ornamental tiles laid together
side by side to any desired pattern.
When applied to fire places so as to represent a tiled hearth, the said ornamented
plate is made of a size and shape to wholly or partly cover the hearth, and may
either be screwed or otherwise fixed to the fender in the place of the usual fender
plate, or to the curb, or it may be made separate therefrom, so that when it is
laid down in place the hearth will have the appearance of being tiled.
Metal sheets or plates decorated so as to represent tiles as above described can
be similarly applied to the sides or other parts of fire-grates or fire-places in place
of the usual ornamental tiles, and the said plates can readily be fixed in place by
a separate metal bead round the edges, or by screws with ornamental heads, or by
other means as usually employed in fixing other metal plates or sheets.
The said plates or sheets decorated to represent tiles as above described are parti-
cularly applicable to existing fire-places where the appearance of ornamental tiles is
desired, as the said plates or sheets can readily be placed in position at little cost
and without the usual trouble and inconvenience caused by laying a hearth or fire-
place and fixing ornamental tiles in the usual way.
When applying my invention to decorating window-boxes or flower-stands, I prefer
to make a cast or other metal frame or frames fixed together having the general
configuration of the window-box or flower-stand, the said decorated plates or sheets
to represent tiles being fixed thereto preferably from the inside thereof by screws,
clips, or other well known means.
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 :-
1. The herein described improved substitute for ornamental tiles for fenders, fire-
places, window-boxes, flower stands, and for other like uses, consisting of a plate
or sheet of iron, steel, or other metal, painted, enameled, printed, or otherwise
decorated, to represent a tiled surface, substantially as herein before set forth.
2. The combination with a metal fender or curb, of a metal hearth plate fixed
thereto and decorated as described so as to represent a tiled hearth, substantially
as herein before set forth.
3. The combination with a metal fire-grate or with the metal frame of a window-
box or flower-stand, of a metal plate or plates fixed thereto and decorated as described
so as to represent a tiled surface or surfaces, substantially as herein before set forth.
Dated this 12th day of September 1889.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.