1920s chocolate box model deemed too risque
A model used on a chocolate box in the 1920s has had to be toned down for its 21st century re-launch after being deemed too raunchy for modern consumers.
Staff at the world famous Bettys Tea Rooms unearthed the ornate model on top of a 90-year-old chocolate box buried deep in their archives.
The racy image deemed suitable for the 20s has now been chosen to appear on the boxes of their new vintage chocolates, released later this month, but not before making the mystery muse less risque.
The box was discovered about 18 months ago among a carefully-preserved collection belonging to Swiss chocolatier Fredrick Belmont, who founded Bettys Cafe Tea Rooms in Harrogate, North Yorks., in 1919.
Following the discovery of the box, chocolatiers have spent the past 18 months painstakingly recreating and modernising Mr Belmont's original recipes....
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Staff at the world famous Bettys Tea Rooms unearthed the ornate model on top of a 90-year-old chocolate box buried deep in their archives.
The racy image deemed suitable for the 20s has now been chosen to appear on the boxes of their new vintage chocolates, released later this month, but not before making the mystery muse less risque.
The box was discovered about 18 months ago among a carefully-preserved collection belonging to Swiss chocolatier Fredrick Belmont, who founded Bettys Cafe Tea Rooms in Harrogate, North Yorks., in 1919.
Following the discovery of the box, chocolatiers have spent the past 18 months painstakingly recreating and modernising Mr Belmont's original recipes....