Tin
Parkinson's Pure Confectionary
Category
Household and miscellaneous
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal
Measurements
80 x 80 x 140 mm
Place of origin
Doncaster
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Mr Straw's House, Nottinghamshire
NT 741459.1
Summary
One of two cylindrical metal tins with 'PARKINSONS DONCASTER ESTD 1817' stamped onto lid. Empty. The firm was established by Samuel Parkinson, confectioner, grocer and tea dealer, in High Street Doncaster in the early nineteenth century. The Parkinson family connection ceased in 1893 on the sale of the business to Samuel Balmforth and a sleeping partner. Incorporation as a limited company followed in 1912. Thereafter the main emphasis of the business was on the manufacture of confectionery which had begun in the mid-ninteenth century with the production of baking powder and the firm's best known product, Parkinson's Doncaster Butterscotch. In 1961 the company was acquired by the Hollands Confectionery Group which was itself taken over by the Cavenham Food Group in 1965. The business ceased production in 1977.
Marks and inscriptions
PARKINSONS DONCASTER ESTD 1817 (stamped on lid)
Makers and roles
Parkinson's Pure Confectionary, manufacturer