R. Bolland & Sons' illustrated list of bride cakes
A trade catalogue of 1890 issued by the Chester confectioners R. Bolland & Sons, with Manchester printing by G. Falkner & Sons, showing wedding cakes to order for prospective brides. The photographs are cyanotype-style prints of tiered cakes against a deep blue ground, lit so the white icing reads in fine relief. A designer could take the stacked tier silhouettes, scalloped borders, and the sugar-flower crowns that top each cake.
