How nectar drop candy is made with a machine from the 1800s

This machine from the late 1800s is called a fruit drop roller and what it does is it takes a glob of still-hot candy and runs it through a brass mold. After the candy cools, the shaped molds are then "dropped" causing the candy to break into little droplet-sized pieces formed by the brass mold. This is an early version of how cough drops and other similar candies are made.

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