CLAD Tin Ice Cream Dipper Scoop Vintage Antique Conical Turn Key Style

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ONE OF THE FIRST TYPE OF ICE CREAM DISHER SCOOP MADE IN AMERICAPrior to the invention of the ice cream scoop, soda fountain employees had to use two spoons or ladles to scoop the ice cream and then transfer it from the spoon to the dish. This was a messy process that wasted product.In 1878, George William Clewell invented the first device that would dispense ice cream using a single utensil. According to The Philadelphia Inquirer , this scoop was cone-shaped, and it had a key at the point of the cone. To dish the ice cream, you turned the key, which then moved a scraper around the interior of the cone. A Philadelphia tinsmith, Valentine Clad, manufactured this dipper until about 1900, when Thomas Mils, another Philadelphia manufacturer, took over production.This Vintage Tin Ice Cream Scoop-Clad's Disher Dipper was patented in 1876 by G. William Clewell of Reading, Pa. and was manufactured by Valentine Clad, tinsmith, of Phila. , Pa. It was America's first mechanical Ice Cream Scoop and was invented to control the size of the scoop while creating a pleasing shape to the dip of ice cream served on plates or saucers in ice cream parlors. It required two hands to operate this early dipper - one on the handle, the other in turning the key to release the ice cream.This scoop has a cast iron, heart shaped knob that when turned rotates two read more

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