Method of making a ceramic article and article of manufacture

Abstract

The method of making a ceramic article which includes forming the object in a mold, removing the object, drying, sanding and baking; the improvement which comprises the intermediate steps before drying the molded object of carving out a recessed area in the exterior of the object wall and further carving an undercut groove in the wall peripherally communicating with the recessed area throughout 360 degrees. Further steps after baking the molded object include cementing a sheet having a picture, ornament or design thereon to the wall of the object within the recessed area and filling the recessed area and undercut groove with a transparent self-drying resin. A modified method of ornamenting an object having a recessed area and undercut communicating peripheral groove formed in the wall thereof which comprises the steps of cementing a sheet having a picture, ornament or design to the wall of the molded object within the recessed area and filling the recessed area and undercut groove with a transparent self-drying resin. In a molded article of manufacture having a wall, there being a recessed area in the exterior of the wall and a continuous undercut groove communicating with the recessed area throughout 360 degrees. A sheet having a picture, ornament or design thereon is secured upon said wall within the recessed area. A transparent lense of plastic material is snugly nested and molded into said recessed area and groove to sealingly overlie the sheet and secured within said recessed area and groove.

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