These masses were called loaves: hence the name “Sugarloaf” that has been given to various hills and mountains for their supposed resemblance. In 1872, a one-his own collection. From Sugarloaf to Sugar Cube Until the late 19th century, sugar was sold in the conical masses formed by the draining molds time grocer’s assistant named Henry Tate, who had worked his way to the top of a Liv-erpool sugar refinery, was shown an invention that cut up sugarloaves into small pieces for household use. Tate patented the device, went into production, and in a short time made a fortune with “Tate’s Sugar Cube.” He became a philanthropist and built the National Gallery of British Art, better known as the Tate Gallery, which he filled with