1989.136 Gorham Manufacturing Company, Ice cream server


GENERAL DESCRIPTION    
Ice cream appeared with frequency in the United States beginning in the 1860s. By the 1870s, one could purchase specialized flatware for serving and consuming the fashionable dessert. The lobes of this Gorham Manufacturing Company ice cream server's bowl are sharp in order to slice through ice cream and other frozen foods. 

Adapted from
Charles L. Venable, Silver in America, 1840-1940: A Century of Splendor (Dallas, Texas: Dallas Museum of Art; New York, New York; Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1994), 128, 337. 

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Added image and formatted - 8/30 (JBA)

I removed a technique ("cast") from the Medium display field in TMS and added it as a Getty Vocabulary term. 

I added the following as a TMS Text Entry: Charles L. Venable, Silver in America, 1840-1940: A Century of Splendor (Dallas, Texas: Dallas Museum of Art; New York, New York; Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1994), 337.

I updated Provenance, Exhibition History, and Published References in TMS. 

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PROVENANCE
Until 1989: Hoffman-Gampetro Antiques (Ron Hoffman), New York, New York

From 1989: Dallas Museum of Art, puchased from the above

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YouTube~Watch a video about Gorham Manufacturing Company

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General Description
   
Ice cream appeared with frequency in the United States beginning in the 1860s. By the 1870s, one could purchase specialized flatware for serving and consuming the fashionable dessert. The lobes of this Gorham Manufacturing Company ice cream server's bowl are sharp in order to slice through ice cream and other frozen foods. 

Adapted from
Charles L. Venable, Silver in America, 1840-1940: A Century of Splendor (Dallas, Texas: Dallas Museum of Art; New York, New York; Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1994), 128, 337. 

Fun Facts

Archival Resources

Web Resources
 
YouTube~Watch a video about Gorham Manufacturing Company

Notes
Added image and formatted - 8/30 (JBA)

I removed a technique ("cast") from the Medium display field in TMS and added it as a Getty Vocabulary term. 

I added the following as a TMS Text Entry: Charles L. Venable, Silver in America, 1840-1940: A Century of Splendor (Dallas, Texas: Dallas Museum of Art; New York, New York; Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1994), 337.

I updated Provenance, Exhibition History, and Published References in TMS. 

Catalogue essays

Artist/designers

Cultures

Geography

Process/materials

Historical periods

Individuals

Subject terms

RELATED OBJECTS 

PROVENANCE
Until 1989: Hoffman-Gampetro Antiques (Ron Hoffman), New York, New York

From 1989: Dallas Museum of Art, puchased from the above

AUDIO ASSETS 

VIDEO ASSETS

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United States (nation): TGN: 7012149
*Decorative Arts and Design
decorative arts: AAT: 300054168
shiny (shine): AAT: 300065244
silver (metal): AAT: 300011029
casting (process): AAT: 300053104
@Robinson
dessert (food): AAT: 300389826
Gorham: ULAN: 500065626
monograms: AAT: 300010038
Providence (Rhode Island): TGN: 7013952
cattails: AAT: 300375473
silverware (visual works): AAT: 300234016
flatware: AAT: 300199800
ice cream: AAT: 300266767
ice cream servers: AAT: 300218960
dolphins (animals): AAT: 300250159
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