﻿[125] 
  PATENTS 
  ISSUED 
  RELATING 
  TO 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  1099 
  

  

  ends 
  of 
  chains 
  by 
  which 
  the 
  device 
  may 
  be 
  suspended. 
  The 
  bottom 
  

   between 
  the 
  legs 
  or 
  at 
  the 
  side 
  is 
  thickened 
  and 
  provided 
  with 
  a 
  con- 
  

   ical 
  perforation 
  through 
  which 
  the 
  water 
  may 
  be 
  drained 
  off. 
  For 
  the 
  

   perforation 
  a 
  ground 
  plug 
  or 
  stopper 
  is 
  provided. 
  This 
  plug, 
  which 
  is 
  

   of 
  colored 
  glass, 
  porcelain, 
  majolica, 
  or 
  other 
  ornamental 
  material 
  con- 
  

   trasting 
  with 
  the 
  white 
  glass 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  jar 
  is 
  made, 
  has 
  an 
  enlarged 
  

   head 
  which 
  forms 
  an 
  interior 
  ornament 
  for 
  the 
  aquarium, 
  and 
  which 
  

   may 
  represent 
  a 
  man 
  or 
  woman, 
  animal, 
  plant, 
  rock, 
  house, 
  or 
  castle, 
  

   or 
  any 
  desired 
  ornamental 
  object. 
  

  

  CLAIM. 
  

  

  "The 
  herein-described 
  improved 
  aquarium, 
  consisting 
  of 
  the 
  vase 
  or 
  

   jar 
  with 
  a 
  base 
  support, 
  and 
  provided 
  at 
  its 
  upper 
  edge 
  with 
  the 
  thick- 
  

   ened 
  perforated 
  enlargements 
  for 
  the 
  suspending-chains, 
  and 
  having 
  a 
  

   re 
  -enforced 
  bottom 
  provided 
  with 
  an 
  aperture, 
  and 
  a 
  plug 
  inserted 
  from 
  

   within 
  the 
  jar 
  and 
  provided 
  with 
  an 
  interior 
  enlarged 
  ornamental 
  head, 
  

   as 
  set 
  forth." 
  

  

  