Christening sweet

Christening sweet labelled: The now Captain Jacob Ludvig von Post, Hagbyholm, September 1839.

NM.0330863A

JOY AND PROSPERITY
Confectionery as mementos of weddings and christenings became popular in the middle classes in the late-19th century. Decorated with infants sculpted in sugar and symbols of faithfulness, love, hearth and home. In the 1960s, a few families would still order such confectionery for special family occasions.