Chocolate mould, Létang Fils

Datasheet
Type of object
Chocolate mould
Origin
France
Technique and material

Tin-coated iron

Date
After 1910
Dimensions
7.5 x 16.5 x 5.5 cm

Until the first decade of the 20th century, all chocolate moulds were made of pewter. This was then replaced by tin-coated iron, as used to make this fish-shaped mould. From the 1960s, nickel steel became the preferred material for such chocolate moulds.