Vintage tin Limecon Oosterwolde (F.R.) Holland

Vintage tin Limecon Oosterwolde (F.R.) Holland.

Licorice Medicinale Confectionery

Description
Round vintage tin with paper wrap made by Limecon. This tin is equipped with an insert lid. The paper wrap is depicted with various types of Liquorice allsorts.

Condition
This tin is in a good vintage condition with normal traces of use and age-related traces of wear.

Size

• Height: 12.3 cm.
• Diameter: 7.5 cm.

Liquorice allsorts are assorted liquorice confectionery sold as a mixture. Made of liquorice, sugar, coconut, aniseed jelly, fruit flavourings, and gelatine, they were first produced in Sheffield, England, by Geo. Bassett & Co Ltd.

Allsorts are produced by many companies around the world, but are most popular in Britain and continental Europe (especially the Netherlands where they are called Engelse drop, meaning English liquorice). They are also common in Scandinavia, where they are called Engelsk konfekt. 

n 1899, Charlie Thompson, a Bassett's sales representative, supposedly dropped a tray of samples he was showing a client in Leicester, mixing up the various sweets. After he scrambled to re-arrange them, the client was intrigued by the new creation. Quickly the company began to mass-produce the allsorts and they became a successful product.

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