AN IMPROVED MODE OF PRODUCING ORNAMENTAL ARTICLES, SUCH AS BROOCHES, BRACELETS, DRESSING AND OTHER CASES, WORK AND OTHER BOXES, OR OTHER LIKE ARTICLES, FROM A CERTAIN KIND OF WOOD
Year: 1852

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Johnson, of Wellington Quay,
Dublin, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED MODE OF PRODUCING
ORNAMENTAL ARTICLES, SUCH AS BROOCHES, BRACELETS, DRESSING AND
OTHER CASES, WORK AND OTHER BOXES, OR OTHER LIKE ARTICLES, FROM A
CERTAIN KIND OF WOOD."
Scaled the 4th May 1853, and dated the 16th November 1852.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Johnson
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 16th November 1852.
I, JOSEPH JOHNSON, of Wellington Quay, Dublin, do hereby de-.
clare the nature of the said Invention of "AN IMPROVED MODE OF
PRODUCING ORNAMENTAL ARTICLES, SUCH AS BROOCHES, BRACELETS, DRESSING
AND OTHER CASES, WORK AND OTHER BOXES, AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES, FROM
A CERTAIN KIND OF WOOD," to be as follows:-
. My improved mode of producing ornamental articles as above
named consists in pressing or stamping, by a metallic die, under
powerful pressure, Irish bog oak. The die I use is made of steel,
and of course any ornamental design may be cut or sunken thereon.
I heat the die before using it to a considerable degree, and then
apply it either by the power of an hydraulic press or other well-

page_text: known suitable means, the impressions thus given to the wood being
sharp, clear, and pleasing. I prefer to use the wood when cut in a
cross direction to its grain. For articles of personal ornament, such
as brooches and bracelets, more especially for mourning, this wood,
when subjected to my process, becomes very useful and appropriate;
and many other articles, where ornamental design is required, can be
made in like manner, as must be sufficiently obvious.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters
Patent, filed by the said Joseph Johnson in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 16th May 1853.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I,
JOSEPII JOHNSON, of Wellington Quay, Dublin, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Sixteenth day of November, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, in the
sixteenth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto me, the said Joseph Johnson, Her
special licence that I, the said Joseph Johnson, my executors, admi-
nistrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Joseph Johnson,
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
"AN IMPROVED MODE OF PRODUCING ORNAMENTAL ARTICLES, SUCH AS
BROOCHES, BRACELETS, DRESSING AND OTHER CASES, WORK AND OTHER BOXES,
OR OTHER LIKE ARTICLES, FROM A CERTAIN KIND OF WOOD," upon the condi-
tion (amongst others) that I, the said Joseph Johnson, by an instru-
ment in writing under my hand and seal, 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 im-
mediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Joseph Johnson, do hereby
declare the nature of the 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,)
My Invention consists of employing the various descriptions of
wood found in bogs, by the aid of dies and pressure, in producing
ornamental articles, such as brooches, bracelets, dressing and other
cases, work and other boxes, and other like articles. And in order
that my said Invention may be fully understood, I will proceed to
describe the means pursued by me.
I cause those descriptions of wood which are found in bogs, when
dried, to be cut as nearly as may be to the form of the article, or
part of the article, of an ornamental character, which is to be made
therefrom. I employ metal dies engraved or cut with the devices
or designs intended to be given to the article, or part of an article,
to be made from such wood. And I cause such dies to be heated to
270° to 300° of Fahrenheit, and subject the pieces of wood to
pressure in such dies, so as to produce a good impression from the
dies used; and I employ hydraulic or other pressure according to
the dimensions of the articles, and according to the extent of cm-
bossing to be obtained thereto.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and the
manner of performing the same, I would have it understood, that
what I claim is the manufacturing ornamental articles, such as are
herein mentioned, by pressing the description of wood above stated
in dies.
In witness whereof, I, the said Joseph Johnson, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Thirteenth day of May, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.
TAUNSON