Rendle / Rendall
Two spellings of the name, Rendle & Rendall, are covered in this section.
Rendle & Co is known from its ginger beer bottles and
codd bottles bearing its details, all of which are
particularly rare finds. The company operated from premises at
Interestingly, the codd bottle below is marked
“manufacturing chemists” drawing attention to the fact that Rendle,
along with many other small mineral water producers, were indeed chemists who
produced these products as part of their range.
6oz Rendle
codd bottle
10oz Rendle
bulb codd
The Rendall name is associated with Plymouth
from the ceramic medicine spoon below and another similar spoon, the I.M. Rendall company name does not seem to appear in any of the
trade directories consulted. However, the name may actually be J.M. Rendall as there are trade directory listings in 1852 –
1893 of John Murly Rendall
with premises in Torquay and Exeter and premises (in
1862) at 2 Bank Of England Place, Plymouth (later being occupied by Frederick
Foster some time between 1862 and 1878).
