THE MANUFACTURE OF A NOVEL KIND OF GLASS
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Nathaniel Blumberg, of the Firm of Blumberg
and Company, of No. 2, Cannon Street, in the City of London, Merchant, for
an Invention of THE MANUFACTURE OF A NOVEL KIND OF GLASS."
A communication from abroad by Wilhelm Kralik, of Neuwelt, Bohemia, in
the Empire of Austria.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION ¡left by the said Charles Nathaniel Blumberg
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 25th October 1880.
CHARLES NATHANIEL BLUMBERG, of the Firm of Blumberg and Company, of
No. 2, Cannon Street, in the City of London, Merchant. "THE MANUFACTURE OF
A NOVEL KIND OF GLASS." A communication from abroad by Wilhelm Kralik,
of Neuwelt, Bohemia, in the Empire of Austria. .
This Invention relates to a novel kind of decoration of glass, forming what may
be termed a vermiculated or thread wound, clustered, or grouped glass.
Articles of this novel manufacture may be made of blown or of moulded or
pressed glass, or of glass worked in any ordinary way, and of any description and
color, the article having applied upon and fixed to its outer surface, in any arbitrary
manner, filaments or threads of glass of any desired nature and color cut and broken
into pieces of indefinite size.
The process of manufacture is as follows:-
The hot glass withdrawn from the furnace is dipped or immersed, either before
or after it has been worked to shape, into a reservoir containing suitably prepared
filaments or threads of glass until a desired quantity of these filaments have
adhered to the hot glass. The article is then made by moulding or pressing by
hand labor or in any ordinary manner, the piece of glass covered or coated with the
filaments being several times reheated.
For the preparation of the filaments use is made of the process known as drawing
or spinning glass; the filaments are then submitted to a cutting or breaking
apparatus, and are thus obtained in pieces of any desired dimensions.
The filaments may also be projected or thrown upon the heated glass, the fixing
of these filaments by fusion being effected in the muffle furnace, as before.
The vermiculated decoration produced by the application of these filaments may
be of one or various shades or tints by using filaments of different colors.
Glass beads or fragments of glass of other forms may be combined with the
filaments so as to obtain a decoration in various forms and colors.
Articles of glass manufactured according to this Invention are quite different
from those known as crackeled and frosted glass.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Charles Nathaniel Blumberg in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
22nd April 1881.
CHARLES NATHANIEL BLUMBERG, of the Firm of Blumberg and Company, of
No. 2, Cannon Street, in the City of London, Merchant. "THE MANUFACTURE OF
A NOVEL KIND OF GLASS." A communication from abroad by Wilhelm Kralik,
of Neuwelt, Bohemia, in the Empire of Austria.
This Invention relates to a novel kind of decoration of glass, forming what may
be termed a vermiculated or thread wound, clustered, or grouped glass, but to
which the designation has been given of " Peloton glass."
Articles of this novel manufacture may be made of blown or of moulded or
pressed glass, or of glass worked in any ordinary way, and of any description and
colour, the article having applied upon and fixed by fusion to its outer surface, in an
arbitrary manner, filaments or threads of glass of any desired nature and colour,
cut or broken into pieces of indefinite size.
The process of manufacturo is as follows:-
The hot glass withdrawn from the furnace is dipped or immersed, either before
or after it has been worked to shape, into a reservoir containing suitably prepared
filaments or threads of glass, until a desired quantity of these filaments have
adhered to the hot glass; the article is then made by moulding or pressing by
hand labour or in any ordinary manner. The piece of glass covered or coated with
the filaments may be several times reheated.
For the preparation of the filaments use is made of the process known as
drawing or spinning glass; the filaments are then submitted to a cutting or
breaking apparatus or otherwise reduced to fragments, and are thus obtained in
pieces of any desired dimensions.
The filaments may also be projected or thrown upon the heated glass, the fixing
of these filaments by fusion being effected in the furnace in the ordinary way.
The vermiculated decoration produced by the application of these filaments may
be of one or of various shades or tints by using filaments of different colours.
Glass beads or fragments of glass or other forms may be combined with the
filaments so as to obtain a decoration in various forms and colours.
"
The threads of glass which form the "Peloton"" glass are not necessarily
prepared as above set forth by cutting and breaking; they may be of any desired
length, thickness, and colour, and be made and fused to the glass body in
manufacturing.
I may proceed in either of the following ways:-
Firstly. I may extend these threads on a flat surface, and then apply them in
any form to the surface of the vase in the manufacture of the article in whatever
state of developement the metal may be.
Secondly. I may make the glass threads and drop them on to the hot metal
which has to form the "Peloton," and which may be attached to the glass body in
any state of developement and to any desired extent.
For the final finishing I treat the glass or vase in the ordinary manner.
The glass thus prepared is, as aforesaid, terined " Peloton glass." These articles
of glass-ware are of an appearance "sui generis," and are quite different from those
known as crackeled and frosted glass.
Having now described and ascertained the nature of the Invention communicated
to me as aforesaid, and in what manner the same is or may be performed,
I claim as secured to me by the hereinbefore in part recited Letters Patent,―
Firstly. The decoration of glass by means of the application by one or other of
the processes above described of filaments or other fragments analogous in com-
position, and of any colours fixed by fusion upon the surface of the glass to be
decorated.

page_text: Secondly. The manufacture by these processes of every kind of article of glass
ware as constituting entirely novel products.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Nathaniel Blumberg, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty second day of April, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and eighty one.
Witness,
LENNOX SYKES,
11, Wellington Street, W.C.
C. N. BLUMBERG. (L.S.)