Improvements in Brooches applicable for Holding Flowers, Portraits, and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Nov., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 11th Aug., 1899-Accepted, 28th Oct., 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Brooches applicable for Holding Flowers, Portraits,
and the like.
I, PERCY RICHARD JULIUS WILLIS, of Fairfield, Kingston-on-Thames, in the
County of Surrey, Consulting Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention (a communication to me from abroad by Asa Hazelton, Gentleman,
and Charles H: Rigg, Physician and Surgeon, both of Middletown, Montgomery,
U.S.A.) to be as follows:-
This invention relates to that kind of brooch usually worn in the time of war,
elections, and on such like occasions when partisans carry portraits of generals,
political and other personages, or the colours of various factions
The object of the invention is to provide a brooch of the kind above referred
to, which will enable the portraits or colours to be readily changed when desired,
and which will also serve the purpose of carrying flowers in such manner as to
preserve their freshness when being worn on a coat or dress.
The brooch comprises a plain or ornamental sheet of metal, of suitable con-
figuration, provided with one or more apertures through which the portraits or
the like are seen, and having narrow flanges at right angles thereto on its back
and surrounding its edge.
A metal plate fits the interior of the brooch and serves to keep portraits,
coloured cards or the like in place against the inner surface of the front piece.
The plate is kept in place by a door, which is hinged to the flange and is provided
with any suitable fastening device and means for opening it, such as a small
projection thereon. Bowed springs, of flat metal, may be secured on the inner
surface of the door to press against the plate aforementioned when the door is
shut and also to cause it to spring open when its catch is released. The back of
the door is provided with the usual brooch pin or like device for attachment of
the brooch to a coat, vest, dress or the like.
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The upper and lower flange is cut out to form a space between the front part of
the brooch and the door to hold the stems of flowers inserted therebetween.
rubber or other flexible receptacle for water may be fitted in the brooch and have
its opening arranged beneath the cut out portions of the upper flange to receive
the stems of the flowers. A spring on the inner surface of the door may be
arranged to squeeze the opening of the water receptacle and stems with sufficient
pressure to prevent the water from spilling.
Dated this 11th day of November 1898

page_text: Improvements in Brooches applicable for Holding Flowers, Portraits
and the like.
I, PERCY RICHARD JULIUS WILLIS, of Fairfield, Kingston-on-Thames, in the
County of Surrey, Consulting Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention (a communication to me from abroad by Asa Hazelton, Gentleman,
and Charles H. Rigg, Physician and Surgeon, both of Middletown, Montgomery
County, Mo., U.S.A.), and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:
This invention relates to that kind of brooch usually worn in the time of war,
⚫ elections, and on such like occasions when partisans carry portraits of generals,
political and other personages, or the colours of various factions
The object of the invention is to provide a brooch of the kind above referred
to in which the portraits or colours can be readily changed when desired,
and which will also serve the purpose of carrying flowers in such manner as to
preserve their freshness when being worn on a coat or dress.
Reference being had to the drawings hereunto annexed:-
Fig. 1 is a front view, in perspective of the improved brooch.
Fig. 2 is a rear view of the brooch shewing the interior thereof.
Fig. 3 is a rear view of a modified construction of the brooch.
The brooch comprises a plain or ornamental sheet of metal A, of-suitable con-
figuration, provided with one or more apertures B, through which the portraits
or the like are seen, and having flanges C on its back and surrounding its edges.
The upper flange is cut out as shewn at D to permit of the insertion of the stems
of flowers into a rubber or other flexible water receptacle E, which fits within the
brooch and projects through the cut out portion D as shewn at F. The photo-
graph, card or the like is kept in place by means of the water receptacle E which
is kept within the receptacle by the door G provided with any suitable catch H
to engage the flange C at I. A spring-pin, safety-pin or the like device J pro-
jects from the back of the door and is adapted to secure the brooch to the lapel
of a coat or to a dress. Inasmuch as the stems of the flowers are necessarily short
they may be securely held in place, and the water in the receptacle be prevented
from spilling, by means of a spring K which tends to close the opening to the
receptacle by pressing upon it and the stems of the flowers when the door is
shut.
In a cheaper and modified form of the invention, the water receptacle is dis-
pensed with, and the photographs or the like are kept in place either by a turn-
buckle L, or by a plate M which is pressed against the photograph, card or the
like by means of bowed springs N on the inner side of the door. In this form the
flange C is recessed at 0 to permit the stems of flowers to pass through.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1/ A brooch for holding flowers, portraits and the like; said brooch comprising
a plain or ornamental plate of suitable configuration and having a flange at right
angles to its edges; an opening in the flange for the insertion of the stems of
flowers; an aperture or apertures in the plate; means for retaining photographs,
cards or the like in rear of said apertures; a water receptacle within the brooch ;
means, such as springs, adapted to press upon and retain the stems of the flowers
in the water receptacle; a door for closing the brooch and keeping the parts

page_text: assembled; and means, such as a spring pin, safety-pin or the like, combined
with the brooch for attachment thereof to a coat or dress, all substantially as
described and illustrated in the drawings hereunto annexed.
2/ A brooch for holding flowers, portraits or the like, consisting of a plain
or ornamental plate of suitable configuration and having a flange at a right angle
to its edges; an aperture or apertures in said plate; a backing-plate for holding
said photographs or the like in place in conjunction with springs on a door
adapted to close the brooch and means for attaching the brooch to a coat or
dress, all substantially as described and illustrated in the drawings hereunto
annexed.