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Regency Advertisements: Soap and Oil Warehouse

By Anne | June 30, 2022 - 6:51 am |July 5, 2022 Regency Advertisements

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This ad appeared in the January 1807 issue of La Belle Assemblée.

Regency Advertisements: James Atkinson, Perfumer and Avenger

By Anne | June 26, 2021 - 7:02 am |July 2, 2021 Regency Advertisements

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I love this bizarre ad so much (La Belle Assemblee, July 1819), as perfumer James Atkinson (est. 1799) offers a reward for turning in counterfeit Continue →

Regency Advertisments: Shaving Cakes and See-Through Soap

By Anne | March 8, 2019 - 10:53 am |March 26, 2019 Regency Advertisements, Regency Health and Medicine

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The ad copy appeared in the April 1817 issue of Ackermann’s Repository. The image is from a later era, but showcases their many products. Pear’s Continue →

Regency Advertisements: For All You Military Men…

By Anne | October 18, 2017 - 7:53 am |November 15, 2021 Regency Advertisements, Regency Health and Medicine, Regency Men

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Now the “oldest cosmetics manufacturer in the UK” (http://johngosnell.com/about-us/history/) dating back to 1677, during the Regency era the company of Price & Gosnell had a Continue →