Metal Ice Cream Dish (c.1905)

From Swift Current Museum

Accession Number 1990.11.3

Date 1905

Description Silver ice cream dish made of stainless steel. The cup is V-shaped with a stem, and a hole in the bottom. There is a tab inside the cup, intended to hold a paper liner that was changed each time new ice cream was served. The dish was used by the Osmet family at their confectionary store in Indian Head, Saskatchewan, in the early 1900s.

Materials Metal (Stainless Steel)

Marks/Labels Inscription on the bottom of the dish reads "Vortex San Service // Pat Pending // Mfg. Ryca Wm. A. Rogers Ltd. No. 108"

Category Tools and Equipment for Materials, Food Service T&E, Dish, Dessert