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Regency Advertisements: Sauce A La Russe

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Appeared in Ackermann’s Repository in April of 1816. Appeared in Ackermann’s Repository in April of 1815. Another blog tracked a little history on this secret Continue →

Regency Advertisements: Elizabeth Eagleton, Lady Tea and Spice Dealer

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great saring to Families and the Public in the of Teas sold genuine of the best and finest quality by ELIZABETH EAGLETON TEA AND SPICE DEALER No 83 Newgate Street London for Ready Money Best Bohea Congou Leaf Congou capital dilto good Soucbong very fine ditto superfine Padra super Fine Caper Green or Twankay Tea good Green Bloom Hyson fine dit n superfine ditto Gunpowder ditto Martinico Coffee fine Grenada ditto fine Bourbon dito genuine Turkey ditto Good plain Chocolate bet Plain ditio Sir Hans Sloane

This ad appeared in the October 1806 edition of La Belle Assemblee: Oh, how I would love to know more about Elizabeth and her life.  Continue →

Regency Advertisements: Miracle Vegetable Syrup

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Carton of vegetable syrup seller being jeered by crowd of men in wigs

Appearing in the 1808 La Belle Assemblee, this ad promoted Mr. Swainson’s miracle vegetable syrup. Swainson was called a “radical quack” who sold vegetable syrups Continue →

Regency Advertisements: Hermit Position

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English Eccentrics and Eccentricities, 1875 Likely this young man was interested in being a garden or ornamental hermit.  These hermits lived in hermitages, follies, grottoes Continue →