Antique pewter chocolate ice cream mold Eppelsheimer E & Co 1131 8 Airplane
Vintage ice cream mould of a twin-engine WWI “Red Baron” style airplane, cast in heavy metal and hinged at front end. 8 long, 7′ wide. E & Co #1131 c. Per the Smithsonian, Eppelsheimer & Co. Of New York was one of the three largest American ice cream mold makers at the time of manufacture (1920s-40s). Molded ice cream was a popular treat in the United States from the 1870s to 1950s, with a boom in ice cream consumption driving increases in mold manufacturing between…