Sweets Collection

Spangles Coronation advertisement
Lovely advertisement for Spangles fruit sweets - the sweet way to go gay - showing a crowd excitedly watching the Coronation and waving flags. Date: 1953

Children with ice lollies on a Balham street, SW London
Five children eating ice lollies in the doorway of a betting shop on a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Police Public Call Box, London
A police officer using a Police Public Call Box on a London street. The Metropolitan Police introduced police boxes throughout the London area between 1928 and 1937

Frys chocolate sandwich advert

Liquorice Allsorts

Cadburys advertisement, 1954
Advert for the Birmingham confectionary firm, Cadburys showing a young couple taking a tour of the companys Factory in a Garden at Bournville

G Sparagnapane Christmas crackers
Catalogue cover for G Sparagnapane and Co, ornamental confectioners and manufacturers of Christmas crackers

TS Mercury - Market Day
Market Day at the Training Ship Mercury - boys spend their small weekly allowance in the institutions shop, with bags of sweets apparently popular

Selfridges, London - Confectionery Section
Selfridges & Co, Oxford Street, London - Confectionery Section. Founded by American-born retail magnate Harry Gordon Selfridge (1858 - 1947), the Flagship store in Oxford Street was opened in 1909

Catalogue cover design, Geo. H. Harrison & Sons of Leeds and London, Latest Designs in Statue Series of chocolate box tops. Date: circa 1930s

Corner Shop, Snack Bar, Foyles Library, Walton, Essex
The Corner Shop at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, which sold tobacco, confectionery and all things for an enjoyable day on the beach

Advertisement for Caillers chocolate and bonbons
Showcard advertisement for Caillers chocolate and bonbons. 1900s

Street scene in Royal Mile, Edinburgh, Scotland
A street scene in the Royal Mile, Edinburgh, Scotland, showing people outside the shop of Allan Ramsay (not to be confused with his house, which is on Castle Hill)

General Store at Orphan Homes of Scotland, Bridge of Weir
The general store at the Orphan Homes of Scotland, Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire. Jars of sweets feature prominently on its shelves

Advert for Mackintoshs toffee
Mackintoshs Toffee - everybodys favourites! Date: 1932

Sweets for the Sweet - Dutch children kissing
Two dutch children share a kiss. Date: circa 1910s

Olive Malvery serving in a sweet shop
In the early 1900s, Olive Malvery, an established singer and reciter of verse, became known for her investigative reports of Londons poor, especially women

Tin Cooking Moulds
Tin Moulds for Sweets and Savouries

Client: Monsanto Textiles - Young Girl's dress with bag and white knee-high socks - Shoot date: July 24, 1969 Date: 1969

Box label, Lings Turkish Delight

Advert, Mackintoshs Week-End Chocolate Assortment -- Just look what you find in Week-End. Two shillings and ninepence for a half pound box. 1957

Weymoor Post Office and Hall's Newsagents Shop, Harborne, south-west Birmingham. Note the K3 telephone box/booth/kiosk (right) - the K3, introduced in 1929, again by Giles Gilbert Scott

White Star Line, cut glass bonbon dish, house flag to front. 2ins. x 4ins

Basset's Liquorice Allsorts Advertisement
A wartime advertisement for Basset's, promoting their original Liquorice Allsorts, The Sweets Of Victory! Date: circa 1940

Box lid, Harradine Crystallised Jelly Fruits Date: circa 1950

Sticky Toffee from from the Animals Tuck Shop Date: 1930

Still Life Painting
Still life oil painting, subjects include drink bottles, butter, sweets, fruit, cutlery, and a bowl of eggs. Date: circa 1930

How the Penny in the Slot Works - little girl with chocolate machine Date: 1930s

Rabbits and squirrels, buying sweets by Rene Cloke

Lady taking sweets/truffles/chocolates from tray by Flora White

Comic postcard, Little boy and shopkeeper Date: 20th century

American Advertising card for Thurbers Fruit Preserves and Jellies. Date: circa 1890

Advertising signs on shops in Hartfield, East Sussex
Advertising signs outside shops in Hartfield, East Sussex. Date: circa 1930s

Comic birthday postcard, Two children in church Date: 20th century

Children on a birthday postcard Date: circa 1918

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Food Flash
The caption on the postcard is Food Flash. The girls are talking about the latest rationing news. In 1942 even sweets were rationed. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1944

Clarnico
The Clarnico Lesson. Advertisement postcard for Clarnico sweets with a girl and her dog. Date: circa 1920

Camellia squamosa
Camellia japonica variety, Camellia squamosa or Camellia squammosa. Produced by Dr. Sacco of Milan in 1838. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving by Oudet after a botanical illustration by

Woman in dress trimmed with zibeline and ermine, 1913
Woman in dress trimmed with zibeline and ermine, ermine waistcoat, ermine muff, and clergyman slippers, with pet dog in coat

Woman in visiting outfit with fur muff giving sweets to a child. Bonbons from the Comte du Plessis-Praslin. Toilette de visite, bonbons du Marechal, duc de Praslin

Scenes in a Chocolate Factory by Steven Spurrier
Chocolate in the making at J. S. Fry and Sons, Bristol. Top picture shows melangeurs grinding cocoa beans and sugar. In the middle, women workers mould chocolate cakes and bars

New Years Gifts
A boy in dragoon uniform scrabbles for sweets under his fathers legs, while a baby plays with a puppet on his mothers lap. A black servant boy prays for a gift at left

Advert for Geraudels Pastilles, cough sweets. 1893

Easter Eggs - People You See. From Teddy Bear (artwork dated 13 April). Original artwork loaned for scanning by the Illustration Art Gallery. Date: 1960s

Silhouette, Joseph Fry, head of Frys Cocoa, Bristol
Silhouette, Joseph Fry, founder and head of Frys Cocoa and Confectionery, Bristol

Joseph Storrs Fry, head of Fry s, Bristol
Joseph Storrs Fry, head of Frys Cocoa and Confectionery, Bristol

Christmas at Windsor Castle 1846
Interesting engraving of Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle in the drawing- room, presenting gifts to her guests in 1846. The room was surrounded by several German Christmas trees nearly eight feet in

A young Turkish man selling sweets and cakes on the streets of Istanbul Date: 1890s

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