by Tom Licence | Apr 23, 2019
Aqua glass cylindrical bottle with long thin neck and burst-off lip. The label is largely preserved and says ‘Hayward Bros/ Old English/ Ketchup/ for soups, gravies &c/ Hayward Bros/ 3[?] Kennington Road/ London, S. E.’ In 1898, Hayward Bros were...
by Tom Licence | Nov 10, 2018
Aqua glass bottle with a burst-off lip to take a cork. The label says ‘Hayward Bros, Old English Ketchup, For Soups, Gravies, etc’, with an address in London, S. E. Note that at this date ketchup was a cooking ingredient, though Heinz’ Tomato Ketchup...
by Tom Licence | Aug 18, 2018
Two bottles, one enormous, the other large. Embossed: ‘The Original Ship Brand Chutney Manufactured in Bombay’.
by Tom Licence | Aug 18, 2018
Ketchup bottles, with remnants of labels. On the left, Hayward Brothers, Old English Ketchup. On the right, a different brand, ‘Tickles’.
by Tom Licence | Jul 14, 2018
Gillard’s (larger bottle, left) and Lea & Perrin’s sauce bottles, both embossed with company name and bearing the remnants of red and white labels. Both would have had glass stoppers held in place by a cork ring.
by Tom Licence | Jun 17, 2018
Aqua sauce bottle, embossed ‘Holbrook & Co’. It would have had a glass stopper wedged in a cork ring.
by Tom Licence | Jun 17, 2018
Clear glass sauce bottle with lead alloy sealing around lip. Embossed ‘Bentley’s Imperial Relish’ on one panel, with remnants of labels on other panels.
by Tom Licence | Apr 6, 2016
Pot lid, printed with the words ‘Potted Ham & [Chicken], An Excellent R[elish for] Breakfast, Lun[cheon] etc’. Found amid ash and domestic waste of the 1890s.
by Tom Licence | Jan 11, 2015
Aqua sauce bottles, embossed ‘Goodall, Backhouse & Co, Yorkshire Relish’. The one on the right retains its original glass stopper.
by Tom Licence | Dec 28, 2014
Aqua/blue sauce bottle with swirls and panels. Cork top.
by Tom Licence | Dec 23, 2014
Left: Crosse and Blackwell’s Mango Chutney, with remnants of label – imported ingredients Right: dried olives, with remnants of labels on neck and body – imported ingredients
