IMPROVEMENTS IN ORNAMENTING OR DECORATING GLASS
Year: 1856

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Page, of Whitechapel Road, in the County
of Middlesex, Glass Merchant, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
ORNAMENTING OR DECORATING GLASS."
Sealed the 18th November 1856, and dated the 8th July 1856.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Page at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 8th July
1856.
1.
I, HENRY PACE, of Whitechapel Road, in the County of Middlesex, Glass
Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN ORNAMENTING OR DECORATING GLASS," to be as follows:-
First, the designs are cut on blocks with a raised surface, after the manner
of blocks used in calico printing, paper staining, &c.; or-the designs are cut
out of thin metal or other suitable material, as in stencilling. If cut on
blocks, the blocks are dipped, and receive the color from the sieve, as in
paper staining. If the designs are cut out in metal or other plates, the color
is applied with a brush, and may be applied at once to the surface of the glass
after it is prepared; but I prefer the following:-I prepare the surface of
calico, paper, or other suitable material with a coat of size, gum, or starch,
and when dry print the design on it with colors made up in varnish, oil, or
spirit; the size prevents the printed colors from entering the surface on which

page_text: the design
printed, and when the whole is dry may be kept rolled up until
wanted to be fixed on the glass. I now prepare the glass, by taking off the
polished surface with emery or other suitable material, and making it quite
rough, so that the first coat of varnish or cement may well key itself to the
glass, which is then ready to receive a coat of white hard varnish, japan; or
other suitable body, and when that is done, and before it dries, I turn the
surface of the printed design down upon it and press it down evenly; when
quite flat I wet the back and soften the size, which allows of the fabric on
which the design was applied to come away, leaving only the printed design
on the glass; I let the whole dry off together, and then wash it well in water
to remove any size that may have passed in the transfer. The design or
ornament now only requires hardening, and this is effected by placing the
glass in a drying stove, oven, or other suitable apparatus; care must be
taken that the heat is applied slowly, and not carried too high. The heat
must never be carried beyond the degree the nature of the colors will allow
without injury..
It should be observed, that if the stencil mode is followed, the design not
only can be applied at once on the glass, but can, like the block printing, be
first applied on paper or any other suitable fabric previously coated with size,
gum, or starch, and then transferred, as before stated.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Henry Page in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 2nd
January 1857.
- TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRY
PAGE, of Whitechapel Road, in the County of Middlesex, Glass Merchant,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eighth day of July, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, in the twentieth year of Her reign, did,
for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said Henry
Page, Her special licence that I, the said Henry Page, my executors, admi-
nistrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Henry Page, 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

page_text: Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man;
an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN ORNAMENTING OR DECORATING GLASS," upon
the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Henry Page, 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 Henry Page, 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
thereof, that is to say:-
The designs with which the surface of glass is to be ornamentedor.
decorated are cut on blocks with a raised surface, after the manner of blocks
used in calico printing, paper staining, &c.; or the designs are cut-out of thin
metal or other suitable material, as in stencilling. If cut on blocks, the blocks
are dipped, and receive the color from a sieve or roller, as in paper staining.
If the designs are cut out in metal or other plates, the color is applied with
a brush, and may be applied at once to the surface of the glass after it is
prepared; but I prefer the following:-I prepare the surface of calico, paper,
or other suitable material with a coat of size, gum, or starch, and when dry
print the design on it with colors made up in varnish, oil, or spirit. The size
prevents the printed colors from entering the surface on which the design is
printed, and when the whole is dry may be kept rolled up until wanted to be
fixed on the glass. I now prepare the glass, by taking off the polished surface
with emery or other suitable material, and making it quite rough, so that the
first coat of varnish or cement may well key itself to the glass, which is then
ready to receive a coat of white hard varnish, japan, copal, or other suitable
body varnish, and when that is done, and before it dries, I turn the surface
of the printed design down upon it and press it down evenly; when quite
flat I wet the back with water, and that softens the size, which allows the
fabric on which the design was printed to come away, leaving only the printed
design on the glass; I let the whole dry off together, and then wash it well
in water to remove any size that may have passed in the transfer. The
design or ornament now only requires hardening, and this is effected by
placing the glass in a drying stove, oven, or other suitable apparatus; care
must be taken that the heat is applied slowly, and not carried high. The
heat must never be carried beyond the degree the nature of the colors will
allow without injury. It should be observed, that if the stencil node is.fol-

page_text: lowed, the design not only can be applied at once on the glass, but can, like
the block printing, be first applied on paper or any other suitable fabric
previously coated with size, gum, or starch, and then transferred, as before
stated.
And having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim the ornamenting
or decorating of the surface of glass in the manner herein-before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Page, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this First day of January, One thousand eight hundred and
fifty-seven.
HENRY PAGE. (L.S.)