Page 14 - BBR magazine 140 - 30yrs issue

The Hayllar family of Grocers
were responsible for another
black print mustard jar.
Originally a farmer at Hill House
Farm, Capel, in Surrey, Thomas
Haylar’s was living in Southwark
with all his children in the early
1800s but Robert (born 1804)
seems to have been the first to
establish the grocers business in
Newport Pagnel in
Buckinghamshire where he died
in 1843. They had some
competition there from another grocer. The brown stoneware mustards in
at least three sizes usually rather blurrily printed with ‘Taylors Prepared Mustard’ belong to a company established in 1825 by William Taylor. First in business next to the old Fire Station in the High Street, he moved a few years later to premises across the road at 34, High Street where he was a chemist, druggist and soda water manufacturer. In 1830 he developed his first ready prepared English mustard and made it at a factory in Union Street that passed to his sons Thomas and Frederick James Taylor in 1863. Trading as ‘T. & F. J. Taylor’ they were all chemists and rare examples include amber glass jars and the big catering size. Nearby was another maker Foolks at Old Bradwell (Bradwell Abbey) with even rarer black print jars. Similar pots made by Doulton were used by Grants of Rugby.
Tins
Keen's dry mustard first made by Keen and Sons in 1742 at Garlick Hill in London and held royal warrants to William IV, Queen Victoria and Napoleon III. The expression "keen as mustard", often thought to have originated with Keen and Sons advertising actually predates it: the Oxford English Dictionary cites examples of the use of the expression from 1672. They amalgamated with Robinson’s (of Barley water fame - created for Wimbledon in 1935 BTW) in 1862 and Keen Robinson and Co was acquired by rival mustard-maker Colman’s in 1903. They continued to use the Keen's brand name in Canada and Australia and in 1992 a special 250th anniversary tin of Keen's Mustard were
sold in Canada but in 1998 McCormick took over the Keen's.
Farrows ‘A1’ mustard made by Joseph Farrow & Co of Peterborough which was another company swallowed by Colman’s. They used a Griffin & Globe trade mark and this is
Above R & below: Various products & advertisements from Farrows of Peterborough.
Above: Very rare scalloped shell shaped Keens Mustard enamel sign, plus early advertisement R.
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