GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



11 As great an advance in the Pottery Trade as the Power Loom was in the Textile Trade." 

 M It is believed these inventions will revolutionise the manufacture of Hollow Earthenware, as made by the primitive potter's wheel " 

 The I i ts will OPE V on THURSDAY, the Thirtieth day of June, 1898, and CLOSE on or before THURSDAY, the Seventh day of July at Half-past Four nm C~ t , 

 Ine LAli win ur^ on^ «i Banking Company (Limited), and Lloyds Bank as their London Agents, are authonsed to receive Subscriptions for tht^SS^^^ 1 



WEST'S 



POTTERY 



CHINERY 



Incorporated under the Companies' Acts, 1862 to 1893. 



(Limited) 



SHARE 



CAPITAL £100,000, divided into 100,000 Ordinary Shares of £l each, of which 20,000 will be reserved for Workine Camtal tt, 



' — " - " . 6d. on Application, as. 6d. on Allotment, and the ttiW 



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ISSUE of 45,000 SHARES, payable 2s 



£25.000 in Cash and 55,000 Shares. 



2?. 6d. as and when required in periods of not less than two months. 



Balance by 



J. C. JKRRARD, Ravenshoe, Denmark Hill, S.E. 



S. C. PLAITS, F.C.A., 7. Ea- St Parade, Leeds, and Scarborough, 



H. HAYDN YORK, Waldegrave, East Grinstead. 



DIRECTORS. 



•H. LOWRY L. BERESFORD, 8, Arundell Street PirraHSlu t a 

 •JOHN RICHARDSON, Shaw House, Heading^' fi fe^ 2?' 



Rhodes, and Co., Limited). glCy ' beQCls (Sector of Harding, 



* Will Join the Board after Allotment. 



BANKERS. 



Richard 



YORK CITY AND COUNTY BANKING COMPANY (Limited), Leeds; their Branches and their London Agents. 

 LLOYD'S LANK (Limited), 72, Lombard Street, London, E.C., and their Branches. 



BROKERS— S, G. SHEAD, 36, Throgmorton Street, and Stock Exchange, London, E.C. | SOLICITORS-Messrs. WEBB, NICHOLS, and ALLINSON 11 Arevll St 



AUDITORS— Messrs. DAVIES, TAIT, and Co., Chartered Accountants, 46, Queen Victoria Street, E.C, and at Glasgow. ' 

 SECRETARY and OFFICES (pro tem.)-G. KING MEARES, 31 and 32, Gray's Inn Chambers, High Holborn, W.C. ' 



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OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY. 



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16,264, 

 6,704 

 7,406 



23.640 

 10,471 



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Ti.is Company has been formed to acquire the Patents, hereinafter referred to, and the Land, 

 Plant, Machinery, to work such Patents and a)l improvements thereto, to build machines, to 

 manufacture and deal in Flower Pots,Telegraph Insulators, Plumbago Crucibles, Jam Pots, Electric 

 Fattery Jars, Medical Jars, Basins, and all kinds of domestic ware made of any plastic material, 

 glas«, &c. f to grant licenses on royalty, or to let on hire or # on royalty, or to sell outright, the 

 patent machines, and to form or promote subsidiary companies, and for the other objects set cut 

 in the Memorandum of Association . 



The in%e .nons (the British rights for which have been secured by the Company) are not 

 simply improvemements on the machines now in use in the trade, but to introduce a machine built 

 on ci tirely new and distinct principles, and the great improvement in the quality of the work 

 produced, and the much lower cost, combined with the rapidity of production, will, it is confidently 

 telieved, completely revolutionize the im. ortant trade in articles such as those above mentioned. 

 The Patents are as follows : 



dated Oct. 16th, 1889, granted to W. West, 

 May 1 st. 1890, ditto 

 May 13th, 1890, ditto 

 Dec. 22nd, 1892, ditto 

 May 15th, 1896, ditto 

 Messrs. Abel and I mray, the Patent Agents, have made a search as to any prior British 

 Fatects affecting the Patents already granted, and their report has been laid before Mr. Bousfield, 

 Q>C«| M.P., whose opinion is given below. 



FIRST REPORT. 



Mr. John Imray, of the firm of Messrs. Abel and Imray, after an inspection of the machine in 

 wcrlc, has reported thereon as follows : — 



WEST'S PATENTS 



Are directed to the manufacture of Clay or earthenware articles such as flower pots, saucers, 

 ( r, i. 'Iced, anything that can lie moulded by pressure between a mould and core. 



The machinery described in some of these patents, with certain improvements to which a 

 tuheequent patent applxaMon, No. 23,640 of 1892 relates, operates in a most satisfactory manner. 

 1 HAVK \\ YIVHhl) THE MOULDING MACHINE TURNING OUT 16 FLOWER 

 I'OIS 1M.R MINUTE, MUCH MORE TRUE AND SOUND, AND FAR STRONGER 

 THAN THE HANI > MADE POTS, OF WHICH NOT MORE THAN 1 PER 

 MINUTE COULD HE MADE. Each pot as it is moulded is in condition for being taken 

 cttiect to the kiln, without reijuiring to be dried for several weeks, as is the case with hand-made 

 pots. This results from tlie fact that the clay employed in the West Moulding Machine is very 

 little »< :ened, and that in the act of moulding it is subjected to very great pressure between a 

 •team heated mould and A steam-heated ore. 



By this treatment another K r «*t advantage is secured— total absence of air-bubbles in the 

 moulJcd article, and consequent ireedom from that which, in the case of hand-moulded pots, causes 

 the breakage of" 25 to 33 percent, in baking. 



The machine-made pots lieing all true to shape, as determined by mould and core, can be 

 packed together fur transport without lisk of the fractures that occur when hand-made pots are 

 parked together. II iwever carefully the potter may form a pot by hand from wet clay, the drying 

 and baking are sure to cause irregularities of shape, which, wnen one pot is inserted in another, 

 often act with the power of *cclges to crack the outer pot. When, on the other hand, the pot is 

 moulded under great pressure from clay which is almost dry, and which is thus consolidated, its 

 f» rtn remains quite regular after baking, and it is so strong that even if irregularity did occur, 

 tr ire is little or no liability to breakage when such pots are packed together. 



(Signed) JOHN IMRAY, 



Jan. 23rd, 1893. Memb. Inst. C. E f and Memb. Inst. Min. E. 



OPINtON-RE WEST PATENTS. 



OPINION. 



I have carefully icrused the Specifications 6,704 of 1890, 7,406 of 1890, 23,640 of 1892, in 

 tt>r. junction with the prbr Specificaiio 1 16,264 01 l88 9« 



It appear! to me that these three Specifications are in conformity with the respective Pro* 

 vim »nal .specification, and that the claims afford good subject matter upon the face of th?m, and 

 sufficiently distinguish that which is intended to be claimed. 



As regards the sufficiency of the Specification from a practical point of view, I think they 

 *h« uld be submitted to an expert, who should report whether they are sufficient to enable a 

 c.mpeteut workman to manufacture the apparatus described. 



Assuming that this report is favourable and assuming that the subject matter of all the claims 

 is new and useful, I sec no leason to doubt the validity of these Patents. 



1 :h March, 1896. (Signed) W. R. BOUSFIELD, Q.C., M.P., Inner Temple. 



SECOND REPORT. 



28, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C, 20th March, 1896. 

 1 ani , r c *dy to ex pre is my opinion as an Engineer that the Specifications referred to in Mr. 

 I lawn eld s opinion are sufficient to enable a competent workman to manufacture the apparatus 



I ca«i a* so say that as far as I know the inversions claimed were new at the dales of the 

 respective patents and that I believe them to be useful 



Ycurs faithfully, ' (Signed) JOHN IMRAY. 



^ FINAL REPORT. 



h+Ji^£T& "Vt s!5 3 ? datC l! ^P^rrelv Jamnry 23rd, 1893, and March 20th, 1896, I 

 nave examined the United States Patent whicfc cot responds with Wests Patent No. 23,640 of 

 1592, also the German Patent No. 61,041, which corresponds with Wests British Patent No. 

 0,704 of 1890. As these I atents were not granted until after the usual strict investigation as to 



tint ran h« ■ntium 1 .L_^*. »l . • _ . .« m 



ire new at 

 3VELTY 

 SINGLE 

 cifications 

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been found. As the tmrifotinnV w^'V v \ bcen ^"dp*** 1 - No anticipation has 



THE INVENTION^ Tt 'tl^^i^^h^^^ T&lWvEf V^SSfe AND 



■ SEM L Ab WELL AS NO\ EL, I CONSIDER 



(Signed) JOHN IMRAY, 

 hambers, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C. 



« . . ANTAGES. 



coJrnuedunde^ the chief advantages claimed for machin 



i* The enormous rapi *' 

 truer shape and stronger r 

 a. Tne great saving t 

 taken direct to the kiln, « 



3. A saving of break a 

 the absence of air bubbles 



4. The saving of fuel, 



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production as compared with the old hind process, coupled *hh 



reSrinO^? rl ^ em ? u,dcd ^ Poetically in a condition to be 

 ^V«™g to oe dried tor several weeks* 



thaUuter* * 5 CWW " ° VCr hand - madc articles owing to 



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* of the dryness of the articles to be burnt. 



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5. The saving of breakage in transit, owing to the 



5. .ine saving ot breakage m transit, owing to the machine-made articles beine tm, »« <k 

 being thus capable of being packed together for transport without risk of fracture 



6. It is estimated that there wi I be a large saving in the cost of nrn,Wn™ T: ' . ~ 



to 6d. per cast over the hand method. 



mg m the cost of production, viz! :-From 4d. 



ASSETS OF THE COMPANY. 



The property and assets to be acquired by the Company are : 



1st. The Patents above mentioned. 



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2nd. The freehold estate of about eight acres, at Higham Hill, Walthamstow funH^ 

 hich there ^ practically an inexhaustible bed of suitable clay, tested to over fifty feet frnm cnJr 3 ^ 



together with the plant, machinery, kilns, and drying sheds. 



3rd. The royalties to be obtained from the hirers of the presses. 

 The machines are working at the Company's works at Walthai 



Messrs. Turner's (Limited), Portobcllo, N.B. 



mstow, and at their licencee*« 



THE TRADE IN GREAT BRITAIN. 



The annual trade in Great Britain in flower pots alone is believed to be at least 500 000 000 

 12,500,000 casts (taking the average of 40 pots to the cast), valued at £625,000, of which 

 ,£156,000 represents profit. Ul 



Each set of presses can (at an average cost of 6d. per cast) turn out 108 casts of flower noli 

 per day, which, even if sold only at rod. per cast (the present cost of manufacture by hand) would 

 still show a handsome profit. 1 



PROFITS. 



It is proposed to increase the presses working at Walthamstow to 12 sets, which 

 working at half their capacity and selling at the present London price of 1/3 per cast' 

 would make a profit per annum ] 



M nimum Royalties and Rentals on Contracts already entered into. (It is estimated 

 that thsfe royalties will amount to over £2,000 per annum) 



Estimated Profit frcm Rental and Royalties on 50 sets of presses working at half their 

 capacity ... .«« ... 1# . _ , #4 



£6,56 



£650 



£9, 



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£16,323 



^Tct Profit ... 9V « taa ... 9ml 



DIVIDEND. 



This amount of profit (£16,323 as estimated above) does not include the profit that will be 

 derived from the manufacture of the other articles which the machines are capable of turning out, 

 but will be more than sufficient to pay a dividend of over 12$ per cent, on the total capital, and 

 allow nearly £1,000 a year for reserve and administration expenses. 



PURCHASE PRICE. 



The purchase price for the patent rights for the United Kingdom, together with the freehold 

 land, plant, machinery, kilns, &c, at Walthamstow, has been fixed by the vendors, Messrs. 

 fcllissonand Co. (who are the promoters, and who are felling at a profit) at £80,000, payable as to 

 £25,000 in cash and £55,000 in shares, leaving the balance for working capital, which is considered 

 more ihan ample. 



The Vendors pay all expenses of whatsoever kind, up to and including the first general 

 allotment of shares, excepting Registration fees. 



Mr. H. L. Beresford and Mr. John Richardson, being interested in the profits arising from 

 the sale, will join the board after allotment. 



CONTRACT, &e. 



The following contract has been entered into :— An Agreement, dated 25th day of April, 1808, 



rmde between West's Patents Syndicate, L : mited, of the one part, and Messrs. Ellisson and Co. of 

 the other part. 



Contracts have also been entered into by the Vendors in connexion with the acquisition of the 

 Patents and during the formation of the Company, including arrangements relating to the 

 .'ub-cript ions of a portion of the capital, and some or all of these may technically be contracts 

 w thin the meaning of Section 38 of the Companies Act of 1867, but the Company is not a party to 

 any of them and applicants for shares will be deemed to have waived all rights to bs supplied with 

 particulars thereof whether under the above mentioned section or otherwise, and allotments will 

 only be made on this express condition. 



Application for shares should be made on the form accompanying the Prospectus, and sent to 

 the Company's Bankers, their Branches or Agents, with the amount payable on application. 



If no allotment is made, the deposit will be returned in full, and where the number of shares 

 allotted is less than the number applied for, the balance will be applied towards the instalment due 

 on allotment. 



Copies of the Memorandum and Articles of Associati >n and the Contract above mentioned ; 

 the report of Mr. John Imray, of Messrs. Abel and Imray, and the case for and the opinion ot 

 Mr. Bousfield, Q.C., M.P., can be inspected at the office of the Company's Solicitors. 



^ Prospectuses and foi ms of application for Shares can be obtained at the offices of the Company, 

 cr r m its Brokers, Solicitors, Bankers, and their Agents. 



London. June 27th, 1898. 



THIS FORM MAY BE USED. 



WESTS PATENT POTTERY AND 

 MACHINE COMPANY (Limited). 



SHARE CAPITAL 



» • • 



• • • 



£100,000, 



6d. as 



p u, n DIVIDED INTO 100,000 SHARES OF £1 EACH. 

 Payable 2s. 6d.on Application, 2s. 6d.on Allotment, and the Balance by instalments of 2s. 

 T t_ ^ * nd whcn required in periods of not less than two months. « 

 To the DIRECTORS of the WEST PATENT POTTERY and MACHINE 

 ^ COMPANY (Limited). , . , . mt A 



Gbntlemen,-I request you to allot me Shares of £1 each in the **3"22l 



Company and I agree to accept the same, or any smaller number that may be dotted ome, 

 su jecttothe Mem randum andArticles^f Association, and upon the term* of tne I^J^JJ 

 by you, dated the da of 1898, a*d 1 authorize you to place my 



name upon the Register of Members in respect of Shares so allotted to me J and I ™ 

 further instalments upon such allotted ShaVes as the same shall beome due \ 

 Co-npany, as Trustee for the Directors and other persons liable, to waive any elites 1*V>"5 



against them for not 



r* n _ y TV More m * ,v complying in 

 of the Companies' Act, 1867. 



1 enclose a ru,.„- f« ' 



Directors and other persons name, 10 w*iv C -» 7 — ^ _~ f 6^ $ 



the said Prospectus with ths requirements 01 aev. j 



enclose a Cheque for ? .! foing the deposit of 2s. 66. per share payable on application. 



Name in full (Mr., Mrs., or Miss) 



Ordinary Signature 



Description or Occupation 



Permanent Address 



Date 



1898 



. H. a Jffti£^g H2%* July J, ia 9 8; and n 



* wty Frcss » *48 and 149, AlderSfmte Street, 



ay be had of every Newsagent and Bookseller 

 London, E.C* 



