IMPROVEMENTS IN DRESS FASTENINGS, AND IN THE ORNAMENTING THEREOF
Year: 1862

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John George Taylor, residing in Paris, in the
Empire of France, Merchant, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
Sealed the 23rd June 1868, and dated the 29th December 1862.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John George Taylor at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 29th December 1862.
I, JOHN GEORGE TAYLOR, residing in Paris, in the Empire of France,
Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN DRESS FASTENINGS, AND IN THE ORNAMENTING THEREOF," to be as follows: -
My Invention consists, first, in certain improvements in ornamenting dress
or shawl pins, the points of which are covered as in Figures 2 and 3, or
uncovered as in Figures 1 and 4, and for this purpose I use balls, tubes, olives,
or other forms of ornament perforated through.
Secondly, I make bars and crotchets or hooks for chains ornamented in the
same manner, see Figures 6, 7, and 5.
Thirdly, I make studs or buttons of two pieces of metal, see Figures 10
and 11, and of three pieces of metal, see Figure 8.
Fourthly, I make a fastening for watch guards and Albert chains without the
use of solder or shell lac, see Figure 9.

page_text: In Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4, the letters A, A, shew the points and springs of
such pins, and the letters B, B, shew my system of ornamenting.
Figure 5 shews a hook ornamented by the balls B, B; Figure 6 is a bar or
baton rivetted at each end, and ornamented with balls.
Figure 7 shows another baton ornamented with tubes and balls.
Figure 8 shews a stud or button made of three pieces of metal. C, C, is
the top of shell of button; F is a piece of metal inserted into C, and afterwards
pressed until it enlarges as at D, D; G, G, is a piece of metal passed through
F. The two ends are then brought together and passed through the material,
after which they are opened out into the position shown in Figure 8.
Figure 10 shows another shell of button or stud ready for use in connection
with Figure 11.
Figure 11 is a piece of metal, straight with slits; this piece of metal is
inserted in Figure 10, and then pressed, the slits opening by pressure, and
thus fastening the tube into the shell of the button. These tubes may be made
without slits, and slightly conical, or in any other .suitable form. Figure 12
shows a button with two or more openings in the centre. K, K, is a piece of
metal passed through the opening, the points of which are then brought
together and passed through the material, afterwards the piece of metal is
turned back into the position shown at K, K.
Figure 9 shows a method of fastening cords together and concealing the
fastening by an ornamental ball or cone. A, A, is the cord; the ends are sewn
together, a hook like C is formed, and the cord is passed into it, the other end
is passed through the ball or tube, and then turned as at C. This.system I
apply also to metal chains.
In using these my improvements, I do not limit myself to shape, material,
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said John George Taylor in the Great Seal Patent Office on.
the 27th June 1863.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
GEORGE TAYLOR, residing in Paris, in the Empire of France, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters.
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-ninth day of December, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, in the twenty-sixth year
of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant
unto me, the said John George Taylor, Her special licence that I, the said.

page_text: George Taylor, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I,
the said John George Taylor, 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 "Im-
PROVEMENTS IN DRESS FASTENINGS AND IN THE ORNAMENTING THEREOF," upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said John George Taylor, 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 John George Taylor, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement, reference being had to the annexed Drawings, that is to say :-
My Invention consists, first, in certain improvements in ornamenting dress
or shawl pins, the points of which are covered as at Figs. 2 & 3, or uncovered
as in Figs. 1 & 4, and for this purpose I use balls, tubes, olives, or other
forms of ornaments perforated through.
Secondly, I make bars and crochets or hooks for chains, ornamented in the
same manner (see Figs. 5, 6, & 7).
Thirdly, I make studs or buttons of two pieces of metal, Figs. 10 & 11, and
of three pieces, Fig. 8.
Fourthly, I make a fastening without the use of solder or shellac (see
Fig. 9.
Fifthly, I make shawl pins or brooches as at Figs. 13, 15, & 16.
Sixthly, I make buttons, of two and three pieces, as at Figs. 16 to 17.
Seventhly, I fasten guards or watch chains by means of fixed slides, as at
Fig. 18.
In Figs. 1, 2, 3, & 4, the letters a, a, show the points and springs of such
pins, and the letters 6, 6, show my system of ornamenting.
.
Fig. 5 shows a hook ornamented by the balls b, b.
Fig. 6 is a bar or baton rivetted at each end, and ornamented with balls.
Fig. 7 shows another baton ornamented with tubes and balls.
Fig. 8 shows a stud or button made of three pieces of metal. c, c, is the
top or shell of button; f is a piece of metal inserted into c, and afterwards
pressed until it enlarges at d, d; 9,9, is a piece of metal passed through f, the

page_text: two ends of fare then brought together and passed through the material, after
which they are opened out into the position shown at Fig. 8.
Fig. 10 shows another shell of button ready for use in connection with
Fig. 11.
Fig. 11 is a straight piece of metal with slits, and slightly conical, or in any
other suitable form.
Fig. 12 shows a button with two or more openings in the centre; k, k, is a
piece of metal passed through the opening, the points of which are then
brought together and passed through the material, afterwards the piece of
metal is turned back into the position shown at k, k.
Fig. 9 shows a method of fastening cords together, and concealing the
fastening by an ornamental ball or cone. a, a, is the cord, the ends are sewn
or fastened together; a hook c is also formed and the cord is passed into it,
the other end is passed through the ball or cone, and then turned as at c. This
system I apply also to metal chains.
Fig. 18 shows a covered pointed pin or brooch, which is fastened together
by the ends being turned down at a, a, and the pin passed through.
Fig. 14 shows a similar system, but the pin is passed through two pieces of
metal b, b, having two perforations, and which piece of metal is either soldered
or rivetted to the ornament of the pin or brooch at b, b.
Fig. 15 shows a pin or brooch, which is fastened together by one or more
tubes soldered on to the ornament of the pin or brooch at a, a.
The points
and end of these pins may be in one piece, or in two pieces, and when placed
in the tubes a, a, are fixed by pressure.
Fig. 16 shows a button which is composed of pieces of metal or other
substance. a is a disc pierced in the centre; 6 is the cloth or material; c. is
an eyelet, which is previously fixed into 6; d is another eyelet, which is passed
through a, b, & c, and then fastened by pressure.
Fig. 17 shows the same system as 16, but the eyelet is made larger, so that
the eyelet c, in Fig. 16, may be dispensed with.
Fig. 18 shows a system of fastening leather, silk, mohair, and other chains
by the use of slides, as shown at section, Fig. 18. a shows part of a chain;
b is a slide; c is a piece of metal which is previously passed through one part
of the chain or Albert, and then passed obliquely through the hole of the slide,
when it takes an upright position, and thus allows one part of the chain to run
through the slide.
And now having fully described the nature of my Invention and the manner
in which the same is to be carried into effect, what I claim as new is,-
The manner of ornamenting shawl pins or brooches, by means of tubes, balls,

page_text: and other contrivances, and the fastening of ornaments, and covered pointed
pins, or parts of covered pins, by means of pressure; also the ornamenting of
batons and hooks, as described and represented.
The manufacture and placing of buttons without the use of solder, simply
by pressure, as shown and herein-before described.
And the manner of fastening watch guards or Alberts by means of balls or
cones, as shown and herein-before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said John George Taylor, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-fourth day of June, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.
J. G. TAYLOR.
(L.S.)