box (Liquorice related)

Packaging for Dunhills Ltd Liquorice Novelties. Dunhills is the earliest Pontefract liquorice company. By 1720 the Dunhill family rented the land in Pontefract Castle for growing liquorice. By the 1760s George Dunhill, who became a chemist, is reputed to have added sugar to medicinal recipes to make the first liquorice sweet. The family ran the business until 1883. The firm became a limited compan…