Scoop, Ice Cream
Object number2008.37.3
Date1890-1899
MediumSteel; wood
Credit LineGift of Gerald Price
DescriptionMetal ice cream scoop with wooden handle. Rack and pinion used to move wiping blade within bowl/scoop.Dimensions2.25 x 1.125 x 10.875 in. (5.7 x 2.9 x 27.6 cm)MarksEngraved text on:
Top rod: "GILCHRIST 31";
Bottom Rod: "ER";
Wiping blade: "20".
Historical NotesIsaly's ice cream scoop used at the Price family's grocery store owned and operated in the Fourth Ward of Wilmerding starting in the 1890s. Part of a collection of items related to donor Gerald Price's Italian-American family, one of the earliest to settle in Wilmerding, Pennsylvania.
Related institution
Isaly's, LLC
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c. 1935
Sears, Roebuck and Company