Tilting Ice Pitcher Stand
date: label: date made
content: 1880 - 1900
notes: label: Description
content: Stand for a tilting ice pitcher and goblet consisting of a large, circular, straight tapered base with tall, U-shaped, double-wire handle mounted with supports to hold the pitcher and a central opening for the removable tray; smaller solid circular base at front has a central post to secure the goblet in place. Wide die-rolled bands of five repeating flower motifs encircle both bases. Handle wires meet at top of bow and have cast, double-diamond decorations attached inside their lower half and scrolled supports at bottom. Underside of small base struck incuse with concentric circular mark of "• PAIRPOINT MFG CO • / NEW BEDFORD, MASS" bordering "• QUADRUPLE • / PLATE" with "P" in diamond logo at center, all in san serif letters, and "1802 1/2" in serif letters below. From tilting set, 1979.0428.01-.04.
label: Description
content: Maker is Pairpoint Corporation of New Bedford, MA; 1880-1958.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, New Bedford
label: place used
content: United States: Virginia
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Lonnelle Davison Aikman in memory of Mabel May Davison
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.0428.02
label: accession number
content: 1979.0428
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0428.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: stand
label: Object Name
content: tilting ice pitcher and stand, part of
label: Object Name
content: tilting set, part of
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver plate (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 19 3/8 in x 12 3/4 in x 9 3/8 in; 49.2125 cm x 32.385 cm x 23.8125 cm