US502026A

US502026A - Article of jeweley oe plate

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Publication number: US502026A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1893-07-25
Anticipated expiration: 1910-07-25

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UNTTED STATES PATENT QEEICE.

'WILLIAM W. BRADLEY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE KEYSTONE WATCH CASE COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

ARTICLE OF JEWELRY OR PLATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 502,026, dated July 25, 1893.

Application filed June 3, 1892; Serial No- 435,340. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM W. BRADLEY, of the city and county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in Articles of Jewelry or Plate, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to articles of jewelry or plate, and consists of certain improvements which are fully setforth in the following specification and are shown in the accompanying metal which therefore cannot be cut into or engraved without danger of cutting into the thin covering and exposing the baseinterior. To ornament such articles I employ one or more extremely thin pieces of metal, which may be of a different color or shade of color from the surface metal, and press these pieces into the surface covering, obtaining thereby highly ornamental effects. These impressed pieces may be properly shaped to produce any design required. To increase the ornamental effect, the impressed pieces may have raised, elevated or thickened portions, so that when the pieces are impressed to bring their edges on a level with the surface metal the raised or elevated portions extend above that surface, and. such raised or elevated portions, because of their increased thickness, may be engraved or embossed, so that highly ornamental effects may be obtained. These pieces with raised or elevated portions may be used as Well with solid as with filled metal articles. I shall now refer to the drawings for a more detailed explanation of my invention.

Figure 1 is a plan view of a watch case back or cover embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the same man enlarged scale showing the watch case cover 7 formed of filled metal. Fig. 3 is a plan view of a watch case back or cover similar toFig. 1illustratingadifferentornamentation. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a watch case showing an ornamented cover and center. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the same with a different design upon the cover, and Fig. 6 is-a transverse sectional view of a watch case cover similar to Fig. 2.

A is the part of the watch case which is ornamented, shown in the drawings as a back or cover.

E, Fig. 4, is a similarly ornamented center.

B, C, D are thin pieces of metal of a color or appearance different from that of the surface metal of the part A. One or more of these pieces may be used according to the variety of colors or effects which it is desired to obtain. They may be of gold of different colors or tints, or may be of different metals. These pieces may be cut into appropriate shapes to suit the pattern desired and are soldered to the surface of the metal of the part A orE. They are then pressed into the surface metal so that their surfaces are on a substantial level with the surface metal of the part. These impressed pieces may be subsequently engraved, if desired.

In Figs. 4: and 5 the ornamented surfaces are shown as they appear when subsequently engraved.

In Fig. 1 I have the figure of a stag at bay. The stag, grass and water are each composed of a separate piece of different color, and a colored picture effect is produced, while the surface of the ornamental pieces is level with the surface metal of the cover.

In Fig. 3 a floral pattern is shown, the pieces B, C, D, being separated from one another over the surface of the cover.

In Fig. 2 the piece B is shown pressed into the surface metal a of the cover, and has a thickness less than that of the thin surface covering. Thus very little metal is required to produce the ornamental effects.

The ornamental effect produced by the inserted pieces of metal may be further increased by making a portion of the surface of the thin inserted pieces raised or elevated as shown at c in Fig. 6 to produce elevated portions of the ornamentation when desired, and

these elevated or ornamented portions may be further engraved or embossed;

Having now described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is A 1. As an article of manufacture, a piece of ewelry or plate having an inner filling of base metal and a thin outer covering of precious metal and one or more ornamental pieces of metal of difierent character or color from the surface metal, but of a thickness less than the thin outer covering of precious metal, pressed into the surface metal.

2. As an article of manufacture, a piece of jewelry or plate having one or more pieces of metal of different color having elevated or raised portions, pressed into the surface metal of the part so that its edges are on a substantial level with the surface metal of the part to which it is applied and its raised portions are elevated above said surface.

3. As an article of manufacture a piece of jewelry or plate having an inner fillingof base metal and a thin outer covering of precious metal, and one or more pieces of metal pressed into the surface of precious metal and having a thickness at their edges less than the thin outer covering of precious metal but with raised or thickened portions Within the edges.

In testimony of which invention I have hereunto set my hand.

WILLIAM W. BRADLEY.

\Vitnesses:

FRITZ MINK, H. M. KAIN.