Improvements in and relating to Mustard and Salt Receptacles.
Year: 1888

page_text: Improvements in and relating to Mustard and Salt Receptacles.
JOHN GEMMELL 75 Westmoreland Road Newcastle-on-Tyne, Draper, ANDREW
GEMMELL 75 Westmoreland Road Newcastle-on-Tyne, Draper, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The Invention consists in fixing fastening or in any suitable way by means of a Clip
or Screw to the rim of Breakfast or Dinner Plates two small receptacles for holding
Mustard and Salt.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION
Improvements in and relating to Mustard and Salt Receptacles.
We, JOHN GEMMELL Draper and ANDREW GEMMELL, Labourer both of 75 West-
moreland Road Newcastle on Tyne in the county of Northumberland do hereby declare
the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to
be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention has reference to improvements in and relating to mustard and salt
receptacles and has for its object a more convenient application of such receptacles
especially in eating houses and crowded restaurants than has hitherto been usual or
practiced. In many such places where as is well known one mustard pot and one 'salt
cellar are made to suffice for the requirements of perhaps half a dozen persons at once
we propose to apply our invention which consists in the provision of a separate
mustard and salt receptacle for each person's own separate use. These receptacles
may be made of any suitable material and in a variety of forms and according
as expense or economy is intended the material and ornamentation thereon will vary.
They may thus be made of the more precious metals or of cheap metal wood pot or a
combination of any of these.
We will now fully describe our invention having reference to the accompanying
drawings in which Fig. 1 shows in plan a frame attached to the side of a plate and
arranged to hold mustard and salt receptacles according to our invention Fig. 2
being a section on line a in Fig. 1 showing the receptacles in position in the
frame Figs. 3 and 4 show respectively a plan and section of a mustard and
salt receptacle and frame constructed in one piece Fig. 4 being a section on line a b
in Fig. 3 and Fig. 5 shows in plan a receptacle and its attachment to a plate arranged
to hold either mustard or salt separately and throughout the following description
similar. letters of reference in the specification and in the drawings designate corre-
sponding parts.
Referring to Figs. 1 and 26 is a frame the inner edge of which is curved to
suit the curve of the plate B to which it has to be applied and the attachment of the
frame to the rim of the plate is made by means of a pair of springs b¹ b¹ rigidly
connected to the centre web of the frame by screw studs or otherwise as shown in
the drawings.
Into the two compartments or bays 6262 of the frame we drop two small vessels 6³
(Fig. 2) into which the mustard and salt are put for use. These vessels 6³ may either
be constructed independently of the frame or a frame and vessels 6* may be con-
structed in one piece as shown in Fig. 3 and more clearly in section in Fig. 4 or
the receptacles may be constructed independently of one another if so desired as
shown by in Fig. 5.
The attachment between the plate and the receptacle or the plate and the frame may
be further secured if so desired by means of a set pin connecting the springs or
clips and passing through the same as shown at 66 in Figs. 3 and 4 so that the
clips may be made to have a firmer grip upon the edge of the plate by the use
of the set pin in the manner described and shown in the figures referred to.

page_text: We do not confine ourselves to any particular shape or section of receptacle for the
purpose herein described but we prefer to fashion them of some design akin to those
of nature and it will be readily seen that the forms shown in Figs. 1 and 3 can be easily
adapted to represent for example a butterfly or a bird the spread wings and bodies of
these creatures representing respectively the spaces occupied by the receptacles and
the centre web or separating partition of the frames as shown in Figs. 1 to 4. It is
evident that in addition to the spring clip attachment between receptacle frame or
receptacle and plate there are other modes of attachment perhaps equally well adapted for
the purpose and therefore having now particularly described and ascertained the nature
of our said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that
we wish it to be understood that we lay no claim to any particular mode of attach-
ment as an attachment considered separately from a receptacle nor to any particular
form of receptacle as a receptacle considered separately from a mode of attachment but
what we do claim is :-
(1) The combination with small receptacles constructed and adapted to hold
mustard and salt as above described of spring clip or other suitable attachments by
which the receptacle or receptacles is or are capable of being readily attached to the
edge of a plate substantially as hereinbefore set forth.
Dated this 12th day of March 1889.
A. CRAWHALL CHAPMAN,
2, St. Nicholas' Buildings, Newcastle-on-Tyne,
Patent Agent for Applicants.