Pattern Glass Mustard Pots

Mustard didn't just show up to accompany hot dogs at the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904, although that was when it really made a hit on the American Scene. Actually, mustard, a zippy yellow sauce made from the ground seed of the mustard plant in combination with some liquid (water, wine, beer, etc.) along with seasonings and perhaps other flavorings is believed to be the oldest condiment known.
Some of these little containers were sold as "Packers' Goods" & they may have held other condiments such as horse radish. Read about Packers Goods HERE.

The Mustard plant is a very hardy annual, weed-like in it's ability to tolerate harsh conditions, it blooms bright yellow in the spring. By late summer the plants are heavy with green pods containing the mustard seeds which are as hardy as the plant and can survive decades of drought.
No one knows who first used mustard to flavor food but it is believed to have originated in Ancient Egypt and exported to Europe by the Romans who used it for both food and medicine - as a cure for anything from hysteria to snakebite to bubonic plague.

Mustard Field

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The Bellaire Goblet Co. made a cov'd mustard/ condiment jar in their STARS & BARS aka DAISY & CUBE aka Bellaire goblet #600 pattern ca 1886 $58

Another States' Series pattern for WISCONSIN by the U S Glass Co.
ca 1903.
**SOLD**

Duncan Miller made this cov'd mustard or horseradish container in their BLOCKED THUMBPRINT BAND pattern ca 1900. $58

In the early 19th century Colmans of Norwich, England became the world's first mustard millers - milling the heart of the mustard seed to a fine powder, mustard flour - and they established mustard as an industrial food ingredient.

Alvina Breckel remembers that when she volunteered as a "pioneer woman" at the Chicago Historical Society, she learned that without refrigeration, meat preservation methods didn't produce such a tasty product. So heavy salting and condiments such as mustard were helpful in covering up the slightly/ strongly rancid taste of meat.

Ever ready to meet the container and serving needs of Victorian Americans, many of the companies that made pattern glass created small containers with slotted lids in order that these tasty condiments such as mustard and horseradish would be stylishly served.
We show a few examples here ranging in production from about the 1880s to the first decade of the 20th century.
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Heisey made this cov'd mustard in their FANCY LOOP w/ original lid aka #1205 pattern ca 1898. $115

This little mug with a slotted lid (which makes it into a condiment jar)
is named FLARED BOTTOM SQUARES.
$55

Model Flint Glass Co. of Albany made the Peerless pattern ca. 1896-1902. It has the slotted lid. $68


BUTTON ARCHES By Geo. Duncan Sons ca. 1897. Has the slotted lid. $56	CUT LOG aka Ethol by Bryce Higbee ca. 1890s. A rare form of this pattern with the slotted lid. $135.	DARLING GRAPE by D C Jenkins ca. 1910 was a Packers Goods Item sold in our Children's Mug Store for $35


ROMAN ROSETTE made by U S Glass Co. 1896 is a form similar to the shakers except the lid has a spoon slot. $45	SWAN ON POND is a19th c. pattern made in opaque, in this case milk, glass. The maker's name is undiscovered. $85	HEISEY'S TWIST pattern #1252 is signed with the diamond H in the base. From 1924. $55

The mustard/mugs shown above with prices are for sale.
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Beginning as early as the 1850s some flint patterns had as one of their forms, a set of castor bottles which included a mustard castor. According to Larry, the different castors were reportedly kept in the pantry and depending on the meal, different castors were set on the table in a metal holder. On the left is one such early pattern, DOUBLE WEDDING RING, probably from the 1860s - '70s and on the right is a vaseline or canary castor in the DAISY & BUTTON pattern probably from the 1880s. The makers of both these patterns are unknown to us. Castors of this type are for sale HERE.


These drawings came from an original catalog reproduction, reproduced in Heacock's book, 1000 TOOTHPICK HOLDERS. The bigger one is No. 3 Kettle. The smaller is No. 2 Kettle Mustard.	And here are the actual pots in blue, vaseline & amber, courtesy of Dave Peterson. All with original lids, all made by Adams & Co., 1880's, possibly into the time after US Glass Co. combine started. The lids are worth twice as much as the pots. Clear ones certainly exist but are not part of his collection.

Here is one of the above novelty No. 2 Kettle Mustard Pots for sale.
It is missing the wire bale, is amber & has a spoon slot & a small shallow flake
under the lid where it doesn't show with the lid on. It is $65.


Regardless of what use these handy little containers such as this pretty vaseline SWIRL pattern, were originally meant to fulfill, they can be used today for any number of other purposes such as artificial sweetener. SOLD	Cobalt blue is a hard-to-find color in EAPG. This Roman Rosette pattern mug which probably originally held Packers Goods is a Bryce product & also pictured in Walt Adams' mug book #513. $50	This is the base only to a King's Crown pattern mustard jar. If you have a 2 1/8" slotted lid, it will fit this. We'll buy your patterned lid or sell you the base for $65.


Butterfly Ears aka Alaric by Bryce Higbee ca. 1885. Lid has spoon slot (seen on right). $58	Florida is the State's series pattern name for this mustard jar also missing its lid. The under- plate is attached. $52	Bassettown is Duncan's # 40 pattern - Geo Duncan Sons & Co. ca. 1898. Lid is metal with spoon slot. $62


Champion by McKee ca. 1890s. Has an attached underplate & spoon slot. $65	Ribbed Forget Me Not aka Charm aka Pert by Bryce Bros. ca. 1880s. Base chip seen HERE. Lid slot; $45	Scalloped Diamond Point by the Central Glass Co. ca. 1870s. Attached underplate & spoon slot. $65