Scoop, Ice-cream
- Object Name:
- Scoop, Ice-cream
- Object ID:
- 1992.063.542
- Place of Origin:
- Cincinnati, OH
- Date:
- 1895-1920
- Description:
- Ice cream scoop, from a soda fountain. Plated metal. Two-piece conical bowl. Spring-loaded handle with relief decoration. Squeezing of handle causes the two pieces of the bowl to rotate in opposite directions; metal bands attached to outer piece sweep the interior of the bowl. One metal band stamped "KINGERY MFG. CO. CIN'TI, O. PAT.SEPT.4.94".
- Material:
- Metal
- Dimensions:
- H-3 W-3.5 L-8.8 Dia-3.5 inches
- Provenance:
- One of a group of soda fountain furnishings and equipment, part of the Wilfred B. Osgood Pharmacy Collection, consisting of the 1870s-1950s contents of the Knox Pharmacy (owned by Fred L. Knox) and Roberts Rexall Store (owned by George C. Roberts) in Farmington, NH. Wilfred Osgood purchased both pharmacies in the late 1940s/early 1950s, and kept the original furnishings from both stores. During the 1970s, he created a pharmacy display room from the contents of both stores. This collection is the contents of that display. The collection also includes manuscripts, books, photographs, and printed ephemera, transferred to NHHS library (1992-068).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Donna T. Osgood in memory of Wilfred B. Osgood
- Subjects:
- Pharmacies, Pharmacists, Drugstores, Soda fountains, Ice cream and ices
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