A Process of Producing Designs in Burnished or Liquid Gold or Colour upon Glazed and other Ware, and Apparatus therefor.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 7th June, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Feb., 1893-Accepted, 2nd June, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Process of Producing Designs in Burnished or Liquid Gold or
Colour upon Glazed and other Ware, and Apparatus therefor.
THOMAS HOLT No. 2 Havelock Street Stoke-on-Trent Staffordshire Stamp and
Die Sinker and Importer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
:-
The process of printing and transferring any design whatever in burnished or
liquidized gold or colour upon glazed earthenware, china, majolica glass and
enameled metal ware by means of what I call the cellular rubber stamp. The
stamp is made by first engraving the desired pattern upon copper or any other
hard metal, the bottom of the pattern is then cut into small cells, the shapes may
be round, oval, square, diamond or any other form. The rubber is then moulded
from it in the usual way.
The stamp is then glued on to a piece of composition made of glue and molasses
or on to sponge-rubber or spiral springs, being mounted in this way enables the
stamp to adapt itself to uneven surfaces. The idea of making cells in the stamp is
to enable it to pick up sufficient gold or colour from a pad and deposit it upon the
This process will be a great saving of labour.
ware.
Dated this 3rd day of June 1892.
THOMAS HOLT.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Process of Producing Designs in Burnished or Liquid Gold or
Colour upon Glazed and other Ware, and Apparatus therefor.
THOMAS HOLT No. 2 Havelock Street Stoke-on-Trent Stamp and Die Sinker
and Importer 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:-
The process of printing and transferring any design whatever in burnished,
liquid and lustre gold, or colour upon glazed earthenware china, majolica, and
enameled metal ware by means of the cellular stamp.
The stamp is made by first engraving a matrice the desired pattern in copper or
any hard metal, the broad parts of the design are cut into small cells, the shape
may be round or any form. The rubber or other soft composition is then taken
from it in the usual way. It can also be produced by engraving a die in relief,
the thick or broad portions of the design are cut into small cells, a plaster mould
is then taken from it, and the stamp taken from it. They are then mounted upon
a piece of soft glutinous composition, sponge-rubber or spiral springs, being
mounted in this way enables the stamp to adapt itself to uneven surfaces. The
idea of making cells in the stamps is to enable them to pick up sufficient gold from
a pad and deposit it upon the ware. This process will be a great saving of
labour. "Lustre gold
is a liquid colour used in decorating earthenware,
principally for the foreign markets, when it is fired it is not so brilliant as either
burnished or liquid gold."
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The accompanying drawing shews the apparatus.
t Ashews the cells in the
broad parts of the stamp. "B." the composition on which the stamp is mounted,
and "C." the handle.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that which I
claim is.
1st. That I am the inventor of the process of conveying designs in burnished,
liquid and lustre gold upon glazed ware and
2nd. Of the apparatus above named for performing the same.
Dated this 21st day of February 1893.
THOS. HOLT.