Slicer, Ice Cream
- Object Name:
- Slicer, Ice Cream
- Object ID:
- 2025.015.01.01
- Creator:
- Durgin, William B. Company -- Silversmith
- Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- circa 1870
- Description:
- Slicer, Ice Cream. Slicer from a seven-piece silver ice cream serving set, William B. Durgin, Concord, New Hampshire, c. 1870. There is a die-stamped pattern on the handle of a stylized polar bear surrounded by ice. The blade of the ice cream server is elaborately engraved with snowflakes in a grid or trellis pattern from which emerges a thorny branch with leaves and two flowers in bloom. The slicer bears the Durgin mark of a flying bird within a laurel wreath and a "D" above, as well as a mark of "B. B. & B." on the handle for the noted Philadelphia retailer Bailey, Banks, and Biddle. The back of the handle has a "HJ" monogram.
- Material:
- Silver
- Dimensions:
- W-2.125 L-11.25 inches
- Credit Line:
- Richard F. Upton New Hampshire Silver Collection, Gift of William W. Upton
- People:
- Durgin, William B. (1833-1905)
- Subjects:
- Ice Cream, Dessert, Polar bears, Silversmiths, Silver services, Silverware industry
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