US1001013A - Decorated article. - Google Patents

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0. FRANZ.

DECORATED ARTICLE.

APPLIGATION FILED r1113.2,1910.

Patented Aug. 22, 1911.

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CHARLES FRANZ, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IDEGORATED ARTICLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 2, 1910.

Patented Aug. 22, 1911.

Serial No. 541,459.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES FRANZ, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jamaica, borough of Queens, city of New York, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Decorated Articles, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing, forming part thereof.

My invention relates to decorated articles of ceramic, vitreous, earthen and metallic ware and has for its object to provide novel ornamental and decorative effects in transparent or partially transparent decorative particles or beads set in a colored body and permanently united to the surface of the article.

My invention also has for its object the attainment of brilliant ornamental effects in relief.

My invention has other objects which will appear more fully hereinafter.

I shall now describe my invention as illustrated in the accompanying drawing and shall thereafter point out my invention in claims.

Figure l is a plan view of a plate ornamented and decorated according to my invention. Fig. 2 is an elevation of a vase similarly ornamented and decorated. Fig. 3 is a plan view of a tile provided with the ornamental and decorative surface effects of my invention. Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view of the decorated article showing the decorative beads andv the carrying mass fused on the main body of the article. Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional View showing the decorative effects applied in a recess on the surface of the article. I

One way of producing my invention is as follows: Upon the surface of the article, for example that shown in Fig. 1, tracings of gold or silver or like precious metals are first outlined to formthe raised edges or outlines (Z ofthe design. Within the outlines d is applied a moistened composition or mass 7) and molded to form a mass in relief and of ed an adhesive such as gum water or glycerin to bind the mass together. A suitable flux or fluXing medium is also'mixed therewith for the fusing process hereinafter mentioned.

The composition or mass may be variously colored to produce the desired color effects and shades by mixing therewith colored powders or pigments eitherin the dry or liquid form. Where solid colors are called for as in the design shown in Fig. 3 the dry pigments are preferably made use of. Where delicate effects are desired with enhancing shadings the colors are preferably applied in the liquid form with the ordinary brush employed by artists in Water color work. The liquid colors are preferably applied on the surface of the mass after the latter has been molded on the body of the article. Upon the mass is then spread a layer of decorative particles of minute size such that when lying closely and compactly over the surface of the mass they substantially cover or coat the same. I employ small transparent or partially transparent beads or crystals for the decorative particles. The mass is soft and plastic when the decorative beads are applied thereon and therefore permits the beads to be partially embedded therein. As shown-in Fig. 4 of the drawing, the mass has such considerable thickness that the beads are separated an appreciable distance by the mass from the main surface of the decorated article, thereby accentuating the relief effect of the design. With the relief efiect .in decorative transparent beads over a colored mass thus provided on the surface of the article, the

latter is then placed in a muffle orkiln and the whole heated or fired to the desired degree of heat. The mass 7) is fused thereby to the surface of the article and to the inner surfaces of the beads embedded therein. In

this manner .a most novel decorative and orsurface of the article and the beads fused namental effect is produced, the'fused carrying mass forming a complete backing for the beads and separating them from'the main body of the article and thereby forming the complete background which is essential to the highly brilliant quality of the ornamentation produced, to the purity of the effects and to the high relief attainable. The fusing of the carrying mass produces perfect adherence of the same to the body-of" the article and perfect adherence of the transparent beads to the mass, and a completely glazed condition of the carrying mass, without fusing the transparent beads or even deforming them. V

In the choice of beads, I prefer to make use of the transparent colorless glass beads, for with these I attain the most beautiful effects. The delicate shadings in the colors on the composition are transparent through the beads and thesoftplush effect given out by the powdered glass is refracted through the beads with splendid brilliancy. Where pearly beads are used, a novel frosted effect is given to the colored design lying beneath. Colored beads I prefer not to use, for the reason that, even if it were possible to provide the desired variety of colors for the beads, the interstices between the beads would present a crude spotted effect that would rob the whole of thesmoothness so pleasing to the eye. This defect is partially overcome by filling the interstices with.

' colors corresponding to those of the beads.

In the fiuxing or fusing of the composition to the article and to the beads, some care is necessary in the selection of the proper fluxing element and in the figuring out of the proper degree of temperature at which the fusing is to be effected, so that the composition will be fluxed firmly to the and securely united to the composition.

Unless this care is exercised, the beads will solving the problem of providing the de-- sired temperature for the fiuxing process. For example, where I am ornamenting or decorating articles of ceramic or vitreous material, my composition will consist preferably of powdered glass and glass flux or china flux. Glass flux works equally well with ceramic as with vitreous articles and china fiux works equally well with articlesthe other color.

7 to the articles of vitreous materials. In place of powdered glass, I have used zinc oxid to advantage. When I am ornamenting or decorating cloisonne or metal ware, my composition will consist preferably of powdered enamel and enamel flux with enamel colors, where the colors are to be mixed with the composition before applying the same to the article.

In the matter of colors, some care must be exercised in th'eir'selection, for some colors fire at a lower temperature than others. For example, pink fires at a much lower temperature than a deep red. To overcome these difliculties, the proper proportion of flux must-be added to the portion of the composition containing the one color so as to make it fuse at the same temperature as These proportionsare determinable by experience and by the skill of the artisan. 7.

In Fig. 5, the decorative and ornamental effect is shown as applied in a hollow or recess on the surface of the article. This construction is especially advantageous 'where the ornamental article is subjected to considerable handling and usage, such as would tend in time to rub off the raised ornamental work. In the making of the article with the sunken in or recessed effect, the recesses or hollows are preferably provided during the making of the'article itself. The rims or edges are then. given their metal outlines and the composition and glass beads fused in the manner heretofore described.

While I have described one way of making my invention, with coloring pigments tion with beads or other particles of transparent glass and embedded in the mass preferably close together and secured therein by fusing of the mass without altering the form of the beads or particles, whereby they retain their full reflective and refractive brilliancy,and their full transparency.

It is obvious that various modifications may be made in; the constructions shown and aboveparticularly-described within the principles and scope of my invention.

I claim 1. A decorated article consisting of a main body with a. colored fusing and carrying mass of substantial thickness applied thereto and carrying transparent decorative particles embedded in said colored mass and carried by said mass so that the carrying mass forms a complete backing separating the transparent beads from the main body, the mass being fused to the main body and to the transparent beads.

In testimony whereof I have aifixed my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

CHARLES FRANZ.

the decorative particles from the main body, the mass being fused to the main body and t0 the decorative particles.

2. A decorated article consisting of a main body With a colored fusing and carrying mass of substantial thickness aoplied thereto and substantially covered With transparent beads embedded in said mass and carried by said mass so that the carrying mass forms a complete backing separating Witnesses BERNARD COW'EN,

HARRY LEWIS.

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