Violet (nee Taylor), wife of John Mackintosh the 'Toffee King', 1919. Artist: Unknown

Violet (nee Taylor), wife of John Mackintosh the 'Toffee King', 1919. Artist: Unknown

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Violet (nee Taylor), wife of John Mackintosh the 'Toffee King', 1919. The couple married in 1890 and together they opened a pastry cook’s shop in Kings Cross Street, Halifax (Violet was already a trained confectioner's assistant). Violet devised a recipe for a new kind of creamy, chewy toffee.


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Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
Subject
  1. Violet Mackintosh: British: confectioner
People Related
  1. John Mackintosh: British: Confectioner

Medium
  1. Photograph

Picture Type
  1. Portrait

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  1. 6437
  1. 0380000429
  1. 1-196-823
  1. 1196823
  1. 429
  1. 6437


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