"Charles Gulden [Gulden's Mustard] was born on September 23, 1843, in New 
York City. By the age of 15, he was employed as an angraver. Two years 
later, he went to work for his uncle, who owned the Union Mustard Mills. 
After serving with a reserve regiment at Gettysburg during the Civil War, he 
returned briefly to his uncle's shop.

Gulden opened his own mustard company in 1867. He chose Elizabeth Street in 
New York for his shop, near South Street Seaport, where he could easily 
obtain the mustard seeds and rare spices necessary to mix with vintage 
vinegars.

By 1883, Gulden's product line included 30 mustard varieties and other 
products, including olives, capers, cottonseed oil, catsup, and Warwickshire 
sauce. That year, he moved down the street into a six-story building.

Drawing from his earlier experience as an engraver, Charles Gulden once 
asked his brother: "Do you think it would help if we were to attach a spoon 
to each bottle of No. 6, no extra charg?" Soon, the Guldens were attaching 
fine, imported spoons to each bottle. He increased the visibility of his 
innovative idea by distributing a catalog of his products printed in color.

In 1891, Charles Gulden, Jr. assumed control of the company. Upon his death 
in 1911, his brother Frank Gulden was named president. It remained under 
family control until 1962, when the founder's grandson - also named Charles 
Gulden - orchestrated its sale to American Home Foods Company. The company 
later became part of International Home Foods.

Source: International Home Foods archives."


Hallett, Anthony and Diane Hallett
  1997 Encyclopdedia of Entrepreneurs. Entrepreneur Magazine pp 238-239.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jakob crockett" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2007 5:37 PM
Subject: Bottle ID help


> Hello everyone,
>
> I recently recovered a bottle from excavations in Columbia, SC, but
> can't seem to identify the bottle type beyond "likely condiment."
>
> Photographs of the bottle are available at:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/14689007@N02/
>
> The maker's mark on the base of the bottle is CHARLES GULDEN / NEW
> YORK.  I thought, given the distinctive shape of the bottle, that
> Gulden (or someone at his company) might have patented the design.  A
> search using google's patent database yielded multiple mustard bottles
> (as expected), but nothing with this shape.
>
> The bottle is 5 3/8-inches (13.7cm) long, has a 1-inch (2.5cm) neck
> dia., the finish is tooled, and appears to be a cup-bottom mold.
> Recovery context was a trash-pit associated with a small lunch-counter
> on an urban house-lot.  Feature creation can be firmly dated to 1909.
>
> Any suggestions or references you might have would be much appreciated.
> Thank you,
> Jake
>
> -- 
> Jakob Crockett
>
> Department of Anthropology
> University of South Carolina
> Hamilton College, Room 317
> Columbia, SC 29208
>
> http://www.cas.sc.edu/anth/mann_simons/mann_simons.html
>