From Eliza Acton's Modern Cookery,1905 Edition, p 469
THE BELGRAVE MOULD - DESIGN REGISTERED 1850
A very rare mould bearing the young-head portrait of Queen Victoria designed by William Wyon for her early coinage. The mould, stamped with an "R" within a laurel garland, a maker's mark which has so far eluded identificaion, is thought to date from the marriage of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in 1840 and there is believed to be a corresponding mould with the portrait of Prince Albert
A fine example of The Prince of Wales Plumes mould, from the Earl of Lonsdale's kitchens at Lowther Castle, near Penrith. The mould probably dates from the time of the creation of Edward as Prince of Wales, (later to ascend the throne as King Edward VII), in 1841
A good quality mould with a formal design of leaves, engraved with the name of the commercial owners, the firm of "
GREENWAY
late
NATTRIS
"
A Victorian mould by the very prolific firm of Benham and Froud, stamped with their orb and cross trade mark and pattern number 389, a design surmounted by an arrangement of S-scrolls
A mould of fluted turret design from the kitchen of the Earl of Lonsdale's Lowther Castle, Whitehaven
A vigourously modelled lion mould with pattern number 114, unusual in being made entirely of copper; most moulds of this pattern have a copper top and tin-plate skirt
