BOX
Geography
Ontario, Canada
Dimensions22.9 x 14 x 5.1 cm
Object numberHF.2019.21.2 A-B
DescriptionRectangular Moirs brand Pot of Gold chocolate box made of cardboard and covered in paper with a friction style lid. The top of the box has a young blond woman in a red dress and red shoes holding a gold box with a black background and a rainbow behind the woman. The box has a gold border around the outside. The bottom half of the box is cardboard with exterior covered in white paper. Narrative
Pot of Gold is one of the best-known brands of Canadian chocolates. It was the invention of Moirs, which began in 1816 when Benjamin Moir opened a bakery in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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