Date:November 1947
Description:View of a newly assembled three-tier cake with a figure of Eros on the top. With it are the cake’s makers, employees of Elkes & Sons Dove Valley Bakery in Uttoxeter. From left: Mr P Houlder, manager of the cake department; George Moore, who baked the cake; Jack Hutchinson, who decorated the cake. This elaborate cake was made to mark the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten on 20 November 1947.
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Jack Hutchinson giving finishing touches to a cake made by C.H. Elkes & Sons Ltd., Dove Valley Bakeries, ...
View of a newly assembled three-tier cake with a figure of Eros on the top. With it are the cake’s makers, ...
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Creators: Mr Gerald McCann - Creator
Donor ref:[FP41.6058.76] (37/6519)
Source: Staffordshire Museum Service
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