US1561397A - Ornamental glassware and method of making the same - Google Patents

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Nov. 10,1925. 1,561,397

J. BASS ORNAIIENTAL GLASSWARE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAN! Filed Ilay 2. 1925 i-E. m

44 W ATTORNEY Patented Nov. llfl, I925.

W 11. a. in M e JACOB BASS, OF NEW YORK, N. 3., ASSIGIIOE T0 E. & J. BASS, INC. A COEIPOBATION (3F NEW YORK.

ORNAMENTAL AND IVIL Application To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J A0013 of the United States, and a res the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful @rnamenta ware and Method of lvlalring the Same, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to ornamental glassware and a method of making the same, and is more particularly directed toward articles of glassware to which there have been soldered ornaments of substantial size, and to the method of making such articles.

In the decorative arts it is common to apply metallic ornaments to metallic objects by ordinary soldering operations, but where glassware was to be provided with metal ornaments it has been heretofore restricted to thin coatings of metal, generally deposited electrically, or to ornaments fastened mechanically. In deposit vare, however, it has been impossible to provide anything more than surface ornamentation. It has been impossible to give the completed article a configuration which is substantially different from the original configuration of the glass.

The present invention contemplates the provision of such articles with substantial ornaments so that the appearance of the finished articles may be substantially different from mere deposit ware. It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide glassware, and the like, with metallic ornaments which are secured to the glass by soldering operations, and preferably to provide such articles wherein the entire metallic parts may be electro-plated to provide a uniform finish and appearance, and also wherein one may, if desired, provide the metal ornaments with jewels of colored glass or other material.

The accompanying drawing shows for purposes of illustration, one of the many embodiments in which the present invention may take form, together with typical arrangement of steps suitable for carrying out the process.

In this drawing:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a plate, illustrating various steps in the process.

Figures 2, 8, a and 5 are sections taken along the lines 2-2, 3-3, 4-4;, and 55,

Serial "0. 27,467.

respectively, of Figure l, and further illustrating the steps in the process.

\Vhile the dr wing illustrates the tion as applied to an article of a plate or saucer, is of con understood that it is merely a conmnien shaped item to show in the drawings, and the process may be applied to articles 0 1' glassware or the like, made in various shapes and forms.

The portion of tion line 22 is Figure 1 adjacentthe secthe plate 10 before it has been subjected to the process, 1t may be a smooth plate, or ground or cut as desired.

One first applies a coat of paint such illustrated at 11, and such as is illustrz near the section line 38 of Figure 7., and in Figure 3. This paint may be of the u composition used for painting silver in the preparation of silver deposit ware. The plate is then subjected to a firing operation which removes the organic matter from the paint, and reduces the silver to the metallic state. One then elcctro-plates a coating of silver of the desired thickness, qua I weight, after which the plate pr buffed so as to polish the entire su the coating. The process so far dose is carried out according to the usual well known method involved in the manufacture of silver deposit ware.

According to the present invention, how-- ever, metallic objects such as the ornaments illustrated at 12, in Figure 4 are attached to the silver deposit. These ornaments may for example be in the form of artistically shaped pieces of brass, or other material whose rear face is of the proper configuration to closely conform to the surface of the original article. In applying the solder, one preferably uses a flame, which is illustrated at 13 in Figure 4 and causes it to play on the metallic parts and solder as short a time as possible so as to prevent overheating the glass. To avoid overheating the glass it is sometimes desirable to solder only a part of an ornament to the deposit at a time, and return later, after the ornament has had an opportunity to cool off.

, After the metallic object has been securely attached to the deposit on the glass the article of glassware is again placed in the electro-plating bath so that the ornamental object and the solder may be covered and concealed. If the device is to be fin shed as a silver plated ob ect it is not new y to plate 1t further, but in case one d ..res

to make a gold-plated article, it would be subjected to a gold plating operation. In case the article is to be provided with jewels of glass or the like, to be carried by the ornaments, one provides the ornament with a jewel recess 13, in which a. glass jewel 41 may be fastened or attached in the usual manner.

While the process above described in detail refers to silver deposit ware, it is of course obvious that the process may be carried out in the same manner utilizing copper or other material instead of silver. The butting operation is unusually performed before the soldering operations, as the surface is then smooth and it can he more easily loufii'ed than were the ornaments in place.

It will of course be understood that the thickness of the metallic deposits are greatly exaggerated in the drawings and that the outline of the silver deposit may take any of the ornamental outlines common in the art, as it is not necessary to restrict it to a band such as is illustrated.

It is obvious that the invention may be embodied in many forms and constructions, and I wish it to be understood that the particular form shown is but one of the many forms. Various modifications and changes being possible, I do not limit myself in any way with respect thereto.

What is claimed is:

1. The method of attaching metallic objects to glass, which comprises, providing the glass with a layer of electrically deposited metal, and soldering the metallic object to the layer of deposited metal.

2. The method of attaching metallic ohjects to glass which comprises, providing the glass with a layer of electrically deposited metal, soldering the metallic object to the layer of deposited metal, and electroplating metal onto the object and original layer of metal to cover the solder.

3. The method of mounting glass jewels, or the like, on an article of glassware, which comprises, electro-plating a layer of metal onto the glass, soldering a metallic object having a jewel recess onto the layer of metal and fastening the jewel into the recess.

4. The method of mounting glass jewels, or the like, on an article of glassware, which comprises, electro-plating a layer of metal into the glass, soldering a metallic object having a jewel recess, onto the layer of metal, electro-plating the object and layer to conceal the solder, and fastening the jewel into the recess.

5. The method which comprises electrically depositing a layer of metal on a piece of glass or the like, placing a metallic object on said layer of metal and heating the object to fuse solder so that the object and layer of metal are fastened together, the heat being so applied that the glass is not injured.

6. As an article of manufacture, a piece of glassware having a coating of deposited metal, a metallic ornament soldered onto the deposit, and a coating over the ornament and deposit to conceal the solder.

7. As an article of manufacture, a piece of glassware having a coating of deposited metal, a metallic ornament soldered onto the deposit, and a glass jewel mounted on the ornament.

JACOB BASS.

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