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Shanko
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Lollies from the past
« on: Tuesday 07 September 04 12:30 BST (UK) »
I know this is a totally different subject to the normal Genealogy ones but I have a 1798/1799 George 3rd coin, and while looking at it I thought to myself what would a 10 year old boy spend that on in the late 1700's and early 1800's. My first thought was of course LOLLIES!
Then I began to think what type of Lollies were available back in those days ...and I have no idea Smiley


I have just discovered some of my ancestors were in the Confectionary trade in 1840's which is why the thought of the youngster buying Lollies

Does anyone have any idea on what kind of Lollies were around in that time of the George 3rd 1798/1799 coin?
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« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 07 September 04 12:43 BST (UK) »

It would appear that lollipops on sticks are relatively novel. Lollipops seems to have been around from about 1780 though. See....

http://www.gti.net/mocolib1/kid/foodcandy.html

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Re: Lollies from the past
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 09 September 04 15:52 BST (UK) »
Hi Shako,
If my memory serves me correct your confectioners may not have been in the sweet trade.

I think a confectioner was also someone who dealt in female attire.

Ready made garments as opposed to made to measure.

regards Grandad james.
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Re: Lollies from the past
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 09 September 04 21:22 BST (UK) »
Boiled sweets were made at that time - hard drops with fruit flavouring, also turkish delight and a variety of hard glazed fruits. The main task of a confectioner in that period was the manufacture of cakes and French Swetmeats [little fancy cakes like petit fours]. Confeits were also made, being fruit preserved in thick syrup.
I suspect the term confection as applied to dressmaking was unusual and slightly "precious" having the sense of a lacy construction reminiscent of sugar icing but then that would have been of a later period as I think spun and bag icing are all relatively recent.
In Stuart times, ladies who aspired to be thought well-bred and wealthy would blacken one or two teeth so that it would appear they had lost them due to sucking [very expensive] sugar and sweets.
I am sure that I have given you enough unwanted information to glaze something - probably your eyes. But then you should have never have let me begin!
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