Savory and Moore
of Bond Street and 29 Chapel Street, Belgrave Square, London, pharmaceutical chemists.
1794 The Savory and Moore company started as a chemist's shop in London, established by Thomas Paytherus.
1797 Thomas Field Savory joined the company.
1806 Thomas Field Savory and Thomas Moore became partners in the company.
1849 After the first store in Bond Street prospered, another shop was opened near Belgrave Square.
1876 The company registered trademarks for American dentrifice, tooth powder, medicines and perfumes. The company at this time had three shops in London and one in Brighton. It also showed that the company were chemists to Queen Victoria.
1902 Incorporated as a Private Company
1914 Branches at 29, Chapel Street., Belgrave Square, and 1, Lancaster Gate, Hyde Park.
1928 Acquired Arnold and Sons
1968 The shop near Belgrave Square closed, the contents being passed to the Wellcome Trust.
1992 Lloyds Pharmacy took over the business, and now owns all trademarks for the company.
See Also
Sources of Information
- Trademarked. A History of Well-Known Brands - from Aertex to Wright's Coal Tar by David Newton. Pub: Sutton Publishing 2008 ISBN 978-0-7509-4590-5
- [1] London Science Museum Collections