Twin Bells Cake Mold
name: label: maker
content: Nordic Ware
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Nordic Ware, a family-owned manufacturing firm in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was founded in 1946 by brothers Dave and Mark Dalquist, as “Plastics for Industry.” In 1950, the brothers bought Northland Aluminum Products, a small firm with a line of “Nordic Ware” products including griddles and steak platters. The same year, Dave Dalquist created a cast aluminum, fluted cake pan and trademarked it as the “Bundt” pan. The company continued to grow its product line to include specialty baking and cookware items, including the microwave turntable. Nordic Ware is notable due to its history of product innovation through engineering, and its continued production of cookware in the United States.
label: Description (Brief)
content: This bell-shaped cake mold was manufactured by Nordic Ware during the early 1950s. The mold is used to make the pan seen in object number 2007.0034.13. The mold is made of sand-cast aluminum. Nordic Ware manufactured a variety of seasonal cookware products, including several Christmas-themed cake pans like this one.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Minnesota, Minneapolis
topic: label: Subject
content: Manufacturing
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content: Work and Industry: Food Technology
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content: Food
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content: Food Technology
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content: Nordic Ware cookware
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Nordic Ware thru H. David Dalquist, President & CEO
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2007.0034.15
label: catalog number
content: 2007.0034.15
label: accession number
content: 2007.0034
objectType: label: Object Name
content: mold
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: aluminum, cast (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/2 in x 12 1/2 in x 10 1/2 in; 6.35 cm x 31.75 cm x 26.67 cm