A NEW AND VALUABLE MODE OF DECORATING ARTICLES OF EARTHENWARE AND CHINA
Year: 1847

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS
WALKER, of Hanley, in the Parish of Stoke-upon-Trent, in the County of
Stafford, Potter, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty, by Her Letters Patent under the
Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, bearing date
at Westminster the Twentieth day of November, in the eleventh year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Thomas Walker, my exors, admors, and assigns, Her special license,.
full power, sole privilege, and authority, that I, the said Thomas' Walker, my
exors, adiñors, and assigns, and such others as I, the said Thomas Walker,
my exors, admors, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others,
from time to time and at all times hereafter during the term of therein
years
expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within
that part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called England,
and Her Majesty's Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed,
my Invention of "A NEW AND VALUABLE MODE OF DECORATING ARTICLES OF
EARTHENWARE AND CHINA;" in which Letters Patent there is contained a
proviso, requiring that I, the said Thomas Walker, shall particularly describe
and ascertain the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal, to be
enrolled in Her said Majesty's High Court of Chancery within six calendar
months next and immediately after the date of the now reciting Letters
Patent.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Thomas Walker, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention, and
the manner in which the same is to be performed, are particularly described
and ascertained in and by this present instrument in writing under my hand
and seal, in the words herein-after written.
"
My mode of ornamenting any article of earthenware or china consists in
several novel applications thereto of slop clays or colours. To produce an
article of earthenware or china ornamented according to my mode, I proceed
as follows:-I take a slice, bat, or slab of soft. clay suitable for moulding or
fashioning into any article of earthenware or china, and of a size proportionate
to the article required, on the surface of which slice, bat, or slab, I pour,
sprinkle, or similarly apply the slop clays or colours, thus producing according
to the manipulation employed, the. appearance of. marbling, agate, granite,
and other ornamental surfaces of a similar nature. On the slice, bat,
or slab thus ornamented, or in any more advanced stage of its manu-
facture into an article of earthenware or china, whether it be the moulded
or stiff clay, biscuit or glost state, I stamp or imprint slop clays or colours
by means of moveable self-adjusting blocks or stamps, which said blocks
or stamps are constructed in various ways according to the nature of the
pattern required, and of the surface required' to be ornamented. The
slop clays or colours, when poured, sprinkled, or similarly applied on the
bats, slices, or slabs of soft clay (though they will dry sufficiently for moulding
in the ordinary temperature of the atmosphere) yet the drying may be advan
tageously and more speedily accomplished by submitting the said slop clays or
colours to a moderate and well regulated heat, applied solely to the surface
thereof, the heat being sustained by steam, hot water, or other means. Such
articles as tiles, quarries, flat ware, of several descriptions, have been orna-
mented, as I am aware, in the stiff clay state by pouring or sprinkling slop
clays or colours thereon, thus producing ornamental surfaces similar to those
mentioned in the first part of my mode, I'do not therefore claim this to
articles in the stiff clay state, except when afterwards pressed up to a level
face in a metal or other suitable mould. For stamping or imprinting slop
clays or colours on any article of earthenware or china in the moulded or stiff
clay state, I make use of an oil or oleaginous liquid'in preference to water for
mixing the slop clays or colours. I also use oil with advantage as regards the
clearness and beauty of the patterns for stamping upon the biscuit or glost,
but where economy has to be considered, water colours may be used as they
require no hardening on.
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Having thus shown the nature of my Invention, what I claim as forming à

page_text: part or parts of or adjuncts to my mode of ornamenting earthenware or china
are,―
First, the application of slop clays or colours to slices, bats, or slabs of soft
clay suitable for moulding or fashioning into articles of earthenware or china
so as to produce various novel ornamental surfaces, as herein-before specified.
Secondly, the application of slop clays or colours to tiles, quarries, and other
articles of earthenware or china in the stiff clay state, when such articles are
afterwards pressed in a mould.
Thirdly, all moveable self-adjusting blocks or stamps for stamping or
imprinting slop clays or colours on articles of earthenware or china in any
stage of the manufacture.
Fourthly, the use of oil or oleaginous liquid for mixing such slop clays or
colours as are stamped or imprinted on articles of earthenware or china in any
stage of the manufacture.
Fifthly, the drying of slop clays or colours when applied to bats, slices,
or slabs of soft clay, by submitting them to a regular heat applied solely to the
surface.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Walker, have to these Presents
set my hand and seal, this Eleventh day of May, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty-eight.