PATENTS, ETC. The following Applications have been made for Letters Patent during the past Month: John William Hartley, of Stoke-upon-Trent ; improvements in the manufacture of pottery and tiles, and in machinery and apparatus employed therein, parts of which improved machinery are also applicable to other purposes. Henry Edwards, of Braich-y-Cymmer, GlamorWilliam Bull, of 4, Lancaster-place, Strand:gan; an improvement in the manufacture of fire Improvements in forming, fitting and closing bricks, fire cement, and fire-ware goods generally. glass and other bottles, and in securing and liber- William Robert Lake, of Southampton-buildings, ating the contents of such bottles. London; improvements in the manufacture of statuary, cornices, brackets, and similar articles by the employment of glass in imitation of, and as a substitute for, marble. Frank Wirth, of the firm of Wirth and Company, of Frankfort-on-the-Main; improvements in kilns for burning porcelain, chinaware, bricks, tiles, lime, cement, ores and like substances. John James Kayll, of the firm of James Hartley and Co., of Sunderland; improvements in the manufacture of rolled rough plate glass. Thomas George Webb, of Manchester; improvements in separating superfluous or other portions from articles made of glass. Edgar Edmonds, of the firm of Robertson, Brooman and Co., of 166, Fieet-street, London; an improved machine for the manufacture of bricks, "perpenders " and other moulded forms. John Ellis, of Hoyle Mill, Barnsley, Yorkshire; improvements in glass furnaces, which improvements are also applicable to other furnaces. Provisional Protection for Six Months has been Granted to the following :William Barnet Ensor, of West Bromwich, Staffordshire; improvements in the dies or moulds employed in machinery for the manufacture of bricks, tiles, quarries, or other similar articles formed of plastic clay. Ollivier; extracting kaolin and ores contained in earths or substances that can be disaggregated. Dumont, of Paris; improvements in the imple Patents on which Stamp Duty of £50 ments and stock of potteries. has been paid : Frederick Lipscombe, of the Strand, Middlesex; improvements in the manufacture of articles to be employed in architectural ornamentation. Patents on which Stamp Duty of £100 has been paid : Richard John Edwards, of Shoreditch, Middlesex; improvements in the manufacture of emery, glass, or other abrasive substances, in combination with woven fabrics or ropes, and an apparatus for the application of such abrasive substances, so combined, to grinding and polishing. - Patents which have become Void :Harriet Sarah Paget, of Potter's Bar; a new or improved machine for painting houses, furniture, china, maps, and other articles. Henry Bernoulli Barlow, of Manchester; improvements in bronzing or decorating wood, porce-wark; improved machinery for manufacturing lain, glass, metal, and other materials. Thomas Wilkes Webb, of the firm of Thomas Webb and Sons, of Stourbridge; a new or improved means of treating glass and glass-ware, by which a novel and ornamental effect is produced. Robert Thomson, of Glasgow; improvements in ovens or kilns for burning lime, and for firing bricks and other fictile articles. Elias Leak, of Longton, and John Edwards, of Fenton; improvements in apparatus for supporting pottery-ware in kilns and ovens. Henri Adrien Bonneville, of 18, Rue de la Chaussée d'Antin, Paris ; a new or improved brick to be used for the borders of paths, walks or alleys in gardens or parks. William Edward Gedge, of 11, Wellington-street, Strand; an improved system of lighting by means of coloured glasses. Claude Edward Grosvenor Wyrall, of 5, Southampton-buildings, Middlesex; improvements in the construction of lamps. Frank Wirth, of the firm of Wirth and Company, Frankfort-on-the-Main, Germany; improvements in kilns for burning porcelain, chinaware, bricks, tiles, lime, cement, ores, and the like substances. be used therefor. Alban Edward Ragg, of Bebington, Chester; improvements in the manufacture of lamps for the combustion of fluids, more especially paraffin oil and petroleum. Elias Leek, of Longton, and John Edwards, of Fenton; improvements in apparatus for supporting pottery-ware in kilns and ovens. William Edward Gedge, of 11, Wellingtonstreet, Strand; an improved system of lighting by means of coloured glasses. Howard Busby Fox and William Henry Smith, both of 3, York-buildings, Dale-street, Liverpool; improvements connected with plates, dishes, and other articles to contain liquids. Patents Sealed:Sidney Adolphus Wittmann, of 42, Great Marlborough-street, Middlesex; producing a novel effect or appearance in glass and glass articles. Charles Henry Murray, of Loman-street, Southbricks, tiles, and pipes. Harriet Sarah Paget, of Potter's Bar; improve-, ments in painting ornamental and other designs upon china, wood, iron, paper, silk, canvas, and other similar fabrics. Edwin Cannington, of the Vauxhall Glass Works, Liverpool, and John Shaw, of the Ravenhead Bottle Works, St. Helen's, both in Lancaster; improvements in kilns for annealing glass. William Boulton, of Providence Foundry, Burslem; an improved machine or apparatus for pressing or forming articles in pottery, or in the brick and tile trade. FOREIGN PATENTS. United States of America. William F. Niedringhaus, of St. Louis, Mo.; methods of marking and ornamenting glazed ware. Wm. W. Arnold and John T. McGuire, of Whitehall, Ill.; drying cars for drain-tiles, bricks, &c. J. W. Haines, of Cambridge, Mass.; moulds for blowing glass vessels. William Heyn, of San Francisco, Cal.; steadying gauge and glass-tube cutter. Auguste Weyer, of New York; apparatus and process for annealing glass. of stationary wash-tubs of clay or porcelain. Bernard Morahan, of Brooklyn; the manufacture Henry B. Beach, of West Meriden, Conn.; double-walled pitchers. John Morgan and Thomas Walton, of Wheeling, W. Va.; lanterns and lamps. Frederick S. Shirley, of New Bedford, Mass.; tempering glass. Thomas Fletcher, of Warrington, England, assignor to George B. Snow, Theo. G. Lewis, and John E. Robie; preparing fire-clay for furnaces, crucibles, fire-bricks, &c. Lugwig Brandies, of Brooklyn, N.Y.; machines for making plates of clay and other plastic material. self, and Campbell, Jones, and Co.; glass-melting Henry Kirk, of Pittsburg, Pa.; a signor to him furnaces. Bruxelles, Belgium; applying colours to earthenAuguste A. X. Okolowicz, of Molenbecklez, ware, &c. William Leighton, jun, of Wheeling, W. Va.; glass furnaces. ornamenting glass, &c. Charles Fontayne, of New York; process of Daniel W. Norris, of Elgin, Ill.; incased glass vessels. Re-issues. 8399-40. Frederick Siemens, of Dresden, Germany; hardening, tempering, and pressing glass. Specification of Patents, their numbers and price. 1351.-Roberts, E.; marking glass tubes and cylinders, 2d. 1360.-Enoch, E. and G.; cutting tables for brick, tile, or pipe making machines, 2d. 1368.-Kilner, T.; tank for smelting glass, 4d. 1378.-Cosslett, R, jun. ; clay, mortar, and other mills, 6d. 1400.-Clayton, J.; machinery for the manufacture of bricks, tiles, etc., 2d. 1489.-Hutchinson, F.; furnaces and apparatus used in the manufacture of glass, 2d. 1580.-Gilston, P.; Riley, W.; Chadwick, J.W.; and Gregg, J.; glass furnaces, 2d. 1688.-Timme, H. F. O.; lamps, 6d. 1632.-Ford, W., sen. and jun.; Jellicoe, T.; and Ford, T.; potter's clay and other presses, 4d. ORNAMENTAL DESIGNS. Pottery. 328, 306.-James Lewis, of 6, Bartlett's-buildings, Holborn-circus, London, E.C., October 25, 1878. 328, 320.-William Brownfield and Sons, of Cobridge, Staffordshire, October 26, 1878. 328, 436-7.--Minton, Hollins, and Co, of Stokeupon-Trent, October 30, 1878. 328, 439-40.-Minton's, of Stoke-upon-Trent, October 30, 1878. 328, 620.-Jas. Bevington, of Hanley, November 1, 1878. 328, 699.-Edge, Malkin, and Co., of Newford Pottery, Burslem, November 4, 1878. 328, 774.-Henry Burgess, of Kilncroft Works, Burslem, Staffordshire, November 5, 1878. 328, 790-92.-Edwin J. D. Bodley, of Hill Pottery China Works, Burslem, November 5, 1878. 328,795.-Samuel Lear, of Mayer-street, Hanley, November 5, 1878. 328,843. Richard Dipley, of Blandford Works, Liverpool, November 7, 1878. 329,075.-John Rose and Co., of 4, Newcastlestreet, Strand, London, November 13, 1878. 323,108.-Craven, Dunnill, and Co. (Limited), of Jackfield, near Ironbridge, Shropshire, November 15, 1878. 329,147.-F. and R. Pratt and Co., of Fenton Potteries, Staffordshire, November 15, 1878. 329,157.-John Dimmock and Co., of Albion Works, Hanley, Staffordshire, November 15, 1878. 329, 314-15.-Eyre and Spottiswoode, of Fleetstreet, November 19, 1878. 329, 371.-Emile Mascard, of Baker-street, W., November 20, 1878. 329, 378.-W. D. Cliffes, of Wortley, and J. H. Tomlin, of Bramley, near Leeds, November 20, 1878. 329, 379-80.-Walker, Kempson, and Brown, of Leicester, November 20, 1878. Glass. 328,347.-William Boyd and Co., of Blythswood Foundry, Glasgow, October 26, 1878. 328,349.-Oscar Braumuller, of 21, Hamsellstreet, Falcon-square, London, October 26, 1878. 328,740-51.-Sowerby and Co., of Ellison Glass Works, Gateshead-on-Tyne, November 4, 1878. 328,919.-Sowerby and Co., of Ellison Glass Works, Gateshead-on-Tyne, November 7, 1878. 329,010.-Francis Thomas Bond, M.D., of Barton Lawn, Gloucester, November 12, 1878. 329,376.-Sowerby and Co., of Ellison Glass Works, Gateshead-on-Tyne, November 20, 1878. 329,408.-Henry Doo Rawlings, of Nassau-street, Charles-street, Berners-street, London, November 21, 1878. USEFUL DESIGNS. 3093.-John Batson, of 42, Brewer-street, Golden-square, London, W.; a registered "safety' glass holder, November 16, 1878. QUERIES BY CORRESPONDENTS. Can you tell us if an old German book, "Die Kunst das ächte Porzellan zu verfertigen," has ever is to be obtained?-E. & Co. been republished, or where a copy of the old edition Has any Pottery and Glass Trades' Directory ever been published, and, if so, could you inform me where it can be obtained?-M. EDGCOMBE. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. W. The discovery of the process by which flint glass is manufactured was accidental. It was discovered towards the end of the seventeenth century. SYDNEY.-The glassworks at Baccarat were established by M de Montmorency Laval, Bishop of Metz, in 1765. See letter and short history of the Baccarat Co. ante 183.-ED. T. CRUMMELL-Fine examples of Renaissance ornamentation of the seventeenth century are to be found in the French faïence of Nistros; it is generally painted brown on a blue ground. STELLA. Messrs. Fleischmann, of Nuremberg and Munich, we believe, manufactured jugs after those for which the Florentine masters were so famous. The process of enamelling pottery was introduced towards the end of the fifteenth century, by Veid Hirschvogel, a contemporary of Luca della Robbia. SITUATIONS WANTED. THE CHARGE FOR ADVERTISEMENTS IN THIS COLUMN IS 18. FOR FOUR LINES. CHINA AND GLASS TRADE. Man aged 27 seeks employment as Salesman or Traveller. Highest Testimonials. Address, T. W., 45, St. Michael's-terrace, Nottingham. CHINA AND EARTHENWARE. Wanted, by a gentleman representing a firm of Glass Manufacturers in the North, to represent, on Commission, manufacturers in the above trade. Apply W.A.B., 34, Bouverie-street, E.C. CHINA AND GLASS BUSINESS.-Plate front. Large shop. Good house and back premises, 121, Dulwich-road, Herne-hill Station. CHINA AND GLASS, in a pleasant business neighbourhood, close to the Crystal Palace; to be Sold for Price of Stock and Fixtures, about £75 required; 4-roomed house; suit married couple.Apply on the premises, 4a, Weston-street, Upper Norwood; or 15, Tibberton-square, New Northroad, N. CHINA SHOP in main marketing thoroughfare; Capital Ready Money Trade for cheap goods; price £50, including stock.-Alfred Fearnley, 4, Greenwich-road, S. E. CHINA AND GLASS DEALER'S; rent, £40: £20 could be let off; agreement with option of 18 years' lease, at £50; goodwill, fixtures, &c., £45.— Principals apply to Tarrant and Collett, Auctioneers, Valuers, and Transfer Agents, opposite Notting-hill Station, W. CHINA AND GLASS BUSINESS TO LET ; 1, East-street, Walworth-road; or 11, Robertstreet, Brixton.-Apply on the premises. Pottery & Glass Crades' Journal. A MONTHLY REVIEW OF THE POTTERY, GLASS & DECORATIVE TRADES. No. 1.-VOL. II. FRAGMENTS. -In the China Shop!" ANCIENT PROVERB. A magnificent stained-glass window has been placed in Kelsale Church, Saxmundham, to the memories of the late Rev. Lancelot Robert Brown and Mrs. Brown, by their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick F. L. Morrice. The subject is the Ascension, and occupies the entire five lower lights. The window was executed from a design of Mr. M. Camm, by Messrs. Camm Brothers, of Frederick Street, Birmingham. The Liverpool Chamber of Commerce require Nos. 1, 2, and 3, of The Pottery and Glass Trades' Journal, which are, un fortunately, out of print, the demand having greatly exceeded the most sanguine expectations of the proprietors, and for which treble the published price is now offered. This shows, however, that the merchants and shippers connected with the trades appreciate the value of a thoroughly representative trade Journal. JANUARY, 1879. With the consent of Dean Stanley it will *** of designing a decorative frieze in honour ton. Mr. I. G. Boehm is engaged upon a bust of the late Major Whyte-Melville, of which he also intends to publish a small terra-cotta reproduction. PRICE 6d. POST 7d. save his business from being destroyed by the operations of these stores, which are conducted by paid officers of the Crown, when their public duties are supposed to occupy their time. warded copies of the same to the Chanhas passed a resolution, and has forThe Vestry of St. Anne, Westminster, cellor of the Exchequer, the Home Secretary, and other officials, public bodies, and members of the Legislature, to the effect "that the present practice of allowing Crown servants to conduct large businesses, amounting to some millions per annum, with little or no profit, under the title of Civil Service Stores (they not having the usual trade liabilities or expenses), involves an unwholesome principle, is extremely unjust to the regular trading and most heavily taxed class of the community, and will ultimately embarrassing to the public exchequer; prove detrimental to the State, if not that such practice is inconsistent with their appointment as public servants, and $5,270,785 demands an effectual remedy, either in 4,882,355 longer hours with full employment, or 4,265,210 a large reduction in salaries, and no 4,304,808 pensions or superannuations." It is announced that a meeting of delegates of $28,480,803 all metropolitan vestries and district $3,012,591 Six years' average, boards will take place on Monday, Jan. The following statistics respecting the American importations of earthenware and china, from official sources, for the last fifteen years, ending June 30, 1877, will, no doubt, be of interest to many of our readers : 1863. 1864. 1865. The above being "war 1877. 1867. 1869. One of the most interesting stands in the Bazaar Gallery at the Cattle Show was that of Messrs. Defries and Son, No. 64, on which were exhibited specimens of 1868. filters of Wedgwood, terra-cotta, crystal, 1870. and electro, and for which they were 1871. awarded a prize medal. There were also some very pretty flower ornaments and table decorations in crystal exhibited. Six years' average, $4,295,304. 6,015,925 3,741,720 $4,051,786 20, 1879, for concerted parliamentary action on this subject. It will be noticed that the average value The French Minister of Commerce has gratefully accepted, on behalf of the French nation, the two façades in the "Street of Nations," which M. Lascelles and Messrs. Doulton offered to the proposed Industrial Museum. He says: A fine mosaic pavement was recently They will be for us a valuable souvenir discovered at Angers, comprising geomeof the cordial relations which we have trical designs of a very elegant character maintained with those gentlemen, as also within a border of palmettes; the centre of the important share due to Messrs. piece had been broken up before the disLascelles and Doulton in the great success covery. The colours are black, yellow, and of the Exhibition." red, on a white ground. The work is reported to be of the third century. The friends of the late Dr. Livingstone, the African explorer, will be pleased to I am glad to see some steps are hear that a memorial is about to be erected being taken towards obtaining for the to his memory in Westminster Abbey. honest dealer some protection, and to I may have more to say upon this question at another time. my I made some remarks last month anent the Union of Flint Glass Makers'. I rather imagine, however, that the following will surprise some of readers even after what I have had to say before. Messrs. Burtles, Tate and Co. are a well-known firm of flint-glass manufacturers of Mancal flint-glass blower, and at one time was chester. One of the Mr. Burtles is a practia member of the Union. When he joined the firm in question, and so became a master, he naturally withdrew from the protective wings of the Union. Soon after his becoming a member of the firm an order came in, which required very particular execution, and Mr. Burtles determined to make the goods himself, rather than trust to any one else. The moment he began work all the men in his employ threw down their tools and walked |