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Description: | Cast copper alloy mould, with a pattern of a leaf, or a stem with branches, in relief, raised internally above the base of the mould. The mould is oval in plan, sub-rectangular in profile, and sub-square in section. The mould is damaged at one end, at the base of the stem, perhaps where the liquid, that was due to set, was poured in. The mould may have been used to set sweetmeats, such as marzipan, or perhaps for mint jelly, if the decorative motif is meant to represent a mint leaf. Copper moulds were commonly used for jelly during the Victorian period, but bronze is more unusual.The word "STEPHENS" is stamped on one side of the mould. The Recorder has checked through directories in Cornwall and there is only a 'Stevens' recorded as a confectioner in Penzance during the latter half of the 19th century. But the name could also represent the manufacturer of the mould.
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