of AN IMPROVED PEPPER HOLDER AND CASTER
Year: 1878

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Jean Aguettant, of Montrouge, near Paris, in the
Department of the Seine, and Republic of France, Merchant, for the Invention
"
of AN IMPROVED PEPPER HOLDER AND CASTER."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Jean Aguettant at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 26th February 1878.
JEAN AGUETTANT, of Montrouge, near Paris, in the Departinent of the Seine, and
Republic of France, Merchant. "AN IMPROVED PEPPER HOLDER AND CASTER."
Retail dealers in pepper mostly deliver it in paper cornets or bags, the result
being a great loss of aroma, which, with the admixture of fecula, often made by
dealers, deprives the pepper of the good quality which the purchaser has the right
to demand.
The pepper holder of my Invention is a very cheap glass phial, which is intended
to replace, firstly, the paper bag or cornet, then the pepper caster used at private
tables and in hotels and restaurants, which by their large opening permit, as afore-
said, the evaporation of all the aroma of this condiment, and completely changes the
quality; my pepper holder on the contrary being provided at its opening with a
sort of metal cap, pierced with holes or perforated capsule, may be put upon every
table, and assuming it to have been filled with pepper of good quality, it will
preserve its aroma to the end.
It will only be necessary to take off from the cap the label pasted over it to
leave the holes free, so that the pepper may be sprinkled over the food.
To persons desirous of a good quality of merchandise, there is therefore a great
advantage in receiving pepper from a dealer in this little phial, even if the phial be
sacrificed, as its small cost is largely compensated by the good keeping and
preservation of this ingredient. In stating that the sacrifice of the pepper holder is
largely compensated by its advantages I do not mean that it cannot possibly be used
again, it might be returned to the dealer, who might receive it from his customers
[Price 2d.1

page_text: at cost price to be refilled and capsuled again, and I only mention that it may be
sacrificed to show that the cost is so little that its influence apon the selling price
is insignificant compared with the advantages above set forth.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, and
of an Order of the Lord Chancellor, filed by the said Jean Aguettant in
the Great Seal Patent Office on the 13th September 1878.
JEAN AQUETTANT, of Montrouge, near Paris, in the Department of the Seine,
and Republic of France, Merchant. "AN IMPROVED PEPPER HOLDER AND
CASTER.'
Retail dealers in pepper mostly deliver it in paper cornets or bags, the result
being a great loss of aroma, which, with the admixture of fecula, often made by
dealers, deprives the pepper of the good quality which the purchaser has the
right to demand.
The pepper holder of my Invention is a very cheap glass phial, which is intended
to replace, firstly, the paper bag or cornet, then the pepper caster used at private
tables and in hotels and restaurants, which by their large opening permit, as
aforesaid, the evaporation of all the aroma of this condiment, and completely
changes the quality; my pepper holder on the contrary being provided at its
opening with a sort of metal cap, pierced with holes or perforated capsule, may be
put upon every table, and assuming it to have been filled with pepper of good
quality it will preserve its aroma to the end.
It will only be necessary to take off from the cap the label pasted over it to leave
the holes free, so that the pepper may be sprinkled over the food.
To persons desirous of a good quality of merchandise, there is therefore a great
advantage in receiving pepper from the dealer in this little phial, even if the phial
be sacrificed, as its small cost is largly compensated by the good keeping and
preservation of this ingredient. In stating that the sacrifice of the pepper holder is
largely compensated by its advantages, I do not mean that it cannot possibly be
used again; it might be returned to the dealer, who might receive it from his
customers at cost price, to be refilled and capsuled again, and I only mention thint
it may be sacrificed to show that the cost is so little that its influence upon the
selling price is insignificant compared with the advantages above set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Jean Aguettant, have hereunto set my
band and seal, this Twenty-fourth day of August, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight.
TEAN ACUETT