Eat, drink and be merry
Dec 27, 2019
3 minutes
AMONG the attractions of Christmas in Georgian London were the glittering windows of smart confectioners’ shops, displaying elaborately decorated Twelfth cakes topped with patriotic figures and gilded crowns made from multi-part sugar moulds. One of the most fashionable establishments was The Pot and Pineapple in Berkeley Square, which was run by Domenico Negri from Turin and his English wife, Elizabeth Gunter. As did many of these often Continental confectioners, they also acted as party caterers, from whom one could hire or buy fancy table
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