Dolphin-shaped ice cream mold
- Description
- This dolphin is one of 14 pewter ice cream molds donated to the Museum in 1972 by Foremost-McKesson, Inc., of San Francisco, California. Other forms include a lion, a butterfly, an elephant, and patriotic symbols such as an eagle, Uncle Sam, the Liberty Bell, and George Washington in profile. Like the majority of the molds in the collection, the dolphin was manufactured by Eppelsheimer & Co. of New York.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- mold, ice cream
- ice cream mold, dolphin
- maker
- Eppelsheimer & Co.
- Physical Description
- pewter (overall material)
- place made
- United States: New York, New York
- ID Number
- AG*72A1.5
- catalog number
- 72A1.5
- accession number
- 298969
- subject
- Food
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- Work and Industry: Food Technology
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
- Credit Line
- Foremost-McKesson, Inc.
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