Improvements in or relating to Brooches and Pins as Articles of Jewellery and Dress.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 15th June, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 15th Mar., 1893--Accepted, 22nd Apr., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Brooches and Pins as Articles of
Jewellery and Dress.
I, WILLIAM MATTHEWS of 56 Northampton Street, Birmingham, Jeweller, do
hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as follows
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My invention for improvements in brooches, and pins, as articles of jewellery
and dress, consists of the construction and arrangement of the following parts.
For a ❝ brooch I form a frame of a required length, the sides being parallel,
one end would be provided with a joint, or hinge, or a coil (as the safety pin) so
as to admit of its opening, the other end as a catch or protector of the point, one
side serves as the pin, the other to receive the brooch proper.
The body of the brooch both on the obverse and reverse sides or faces bear
designs different in character, and may be produced by filligree work, jewelling,
This said
and for cheapness stamping, and engraving, and in various other ways.
body is provided with a hole through its centre, and by this means can be arranged
upon one of the sides forming the frame, and the width of same will admit of its
being turned over when a change of design is required.
When in application to the dress the latter intervening keeps it in a fixed
position.
For a "pin" the construction is the same.
I may in some cases construct the body of the brooch, or pin, in two or more
parts, each moving or turning independently of the other, and each face being
different in design.
Dated 15th June 1809
THOS. KENDRICK,
Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Brooches and Pins as Articles of
Jewellery and Dress.
I, WILLIAM MATTHEWS, of 56 Northampton Street, Birmingham, Jeweller, 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:-
The chief feature of novelty and utility in my invention for improvements in
brooches and pins, lies in the construction or arrangement of the parts, so that, the
body of the brooch or pin is reversible, that is to say that both sides or faces bear
designs differing from each other, for instance an appropriate design in mourning
on one side, while the other side may be bright, or jewelled, and can be changed
by the wearer while in use, at will by turning over.
And in order that this my said invention may be more clearly understood, I
will now proceed to describe the same, reference being made to the sheet of
drawings hereunto annexed, and the various figures, and letters marked thereon,
that is to say :-
Fig. 1 is a side view of my invention, applicable for a brooch or pin with a
coiled springed pin as a fastening.
Fig. 2 is a side view of my invention applicable for a brooch or pin, with a
hinged or jointed pin as a fastening.
Figs. 3 and 4 are the obverse and reverse sides or faces.

page_text: In Fig. 1, a, is the frame, b, the coil with pin b¹ acting as a joint: (as the safety
pin) by engaging its point c, under the catch or protector d, when arranged to the
dress, e is the body of the brooch or pin, with the obverse and reverse sides or
faces, and 9, the part of a, as a¹ passing through the body e, and held in position
by the stops h, but sufficiently loose to turn over when required and expose the
under face.
In Figs. 2, 3, 4, e is the body, 61 the pin working upon the joint or hinge 62 and
engaging its point e under the catch and protector d, when arranged to the dress,
f, and g, shew the two faces. a', passes through the body e, and held in position
by the stops h.
The above being my invention I would observe in conclusion that I do not limit
myself to the size, shape, or pattern, as each would depend upon its purpose of
application.
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 what I
claim is :-
A brooch or pin, constructed with a body having two faces, different in character
or design, moving when required upon the pin or wire, as reversible, and exposing
either of the two faces, and when in application to the dress, or otherwise,
substantially as, and for the purposes as herein before described in the foregoing
Specification and shewn on the accompanying sheet of drawings.
Dated 15th March 1893.
THOS. KENDRICK,
Agent.