What-is-it question LXI.

[2209patrick]

Here's a scan of a ca.1890 Meriden Britannia Company catalog page.
I'd estimate the stand at about 20 inches (50.80 cm) high.
What does the catalog call this piece?



Pat.
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[Hose_dk]

12 spoons and 12 cups.
The stand?

Well what they call is is close to impossible.
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[Granmaa]

Ice cream cup stand?
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[2209patrick]

Well done Miles.
The catalog calls it an "ice cream stand".



Pat.
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[dognose]

Hi Pat,
The one thing that surprises me is that the cups, judging by the height of the stand, appear to be a regular size. In Victorian England ice cream was a luxury item, sold in small glasses similar to a drinking glass but with the bowl about 90% solid glass leaving about a 1/4" at the top for a golf ball size blob of ice cream to be planted on the top, these were known as "Penny licks" and were very much a high days and hollidays treat.
I guess refrigeration came to the States earlier than England.
Regards Trev.
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[Granmaa]

A penny lick. 9cm high

Miles


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