An Improved Medium or Composition for Decorative Purposes.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Feb., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 13th Nov., 1891-Accepted, 13th Feb.. 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Medium or Composition for Decorative Purposes.
We, JAMES BALLANTINE of 40 George Street, and JAMES DENHAM of
102 Craiglea Drive both of Edinburgh in the County of Midlothian, North
Britain, Decorators, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to an improved medium or composition for decorative
purposes. The invention is specially applicable for the decoration in relief of
pottery or any fancy ware. The composition consists of glue, paper or pulp, and
Hour, mixed up in equal quantities in such a manner as to produce a thick pasty
mass such as can be put up on the sides of a fancy vase for example so as to give
a rough or rustic appearance to the vase or so that the composition is caused to
stand out in relief upon the vase by working up the composition with a knife or
piece of wood. The nature of the composition is such that it rapidly hardens and
becomes rock or stone-like.
The composition may be made in various colours and it is particularly applicable
for throwing on gold or bronze dust when in its wet or moist state upon the article
to be decorated.
The composition can be applied to all articles of any kind or material as a
decorative medium.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Medium or Composition for Decorative Purposes.
We, JAMES BALLANTINE of 40 George Street and JAMES DENHAM of
102 Craiglea Drive both of Edinburgh in the County of. Midlothian, North
Britain, Decorators, 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 relates to an improved medium or composition for decorative
purposes. The invention is specially applicable for the decoration in relief of
pottery or any fancy ware.
The composition consists as follows
5 pounds of wood pulp with 100% of water added
11 pounds of wheat flour (dry)
gallon of gum ghatti (after being dissolved in six times its weight of
water)
gallon of strong animal size (melted)
pint of water glass solution.
I do not limit myself to the exact proportions as above, but the above is an
example of what I have found suitable for the purpose; nor do I limit myself to
the use of all the ingredients exactly as referred to as the ingredients may be slightly
varied without departing from the essential nature of our invention.
The above all mixed together form a thick paste which may be tinted with any
pigment to the desired colour; and it may be perfumed.

page_text: The composition is particularly suitable for applying to the sides of fancy vases
for example so as to give a rough or rustic appearance to the vase or so that the
composition is caused to stand out in relief upon the vase; or it may be applied to
placques and the like by working up the composition with a knife or piece of wood.
The nature of the composition is such that it rapidly hardens and becomes rock or
stone like.
The composition may be made in various colours and it is particularly applicable
for throwing on gold or bronze dust when in its wet or moist state upon the article
to be decorated.
The composition may also be used for wall decoration or jesso work or for
modeling. The composition does not set at once like plaster of paris; it dries
slowly but surely and eventually becomes extremely hard.
The composition may also be used as a pigment for painting pictures as oil and
water colors mix readily with it, and all the colors, madder lake included, dry hard
in a few hours.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is-
The decorative composition or medium, or any mere modification of same,
substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described.
Dated this 10th day of November 1891.
JOHNSONS,
115, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicant's Agents.