17 Freezing Pots, Sorbetieres, Ice Cream Makers & Freezers from 1751 to 1916 in Ice Cream History

The cylindrical sorbetiere and scraper was still sold in 1903.  But in the 1840s models were patented with paddles to churn the cream or milk as it froze. I've put some pictures I've collected of a wide variety of styles of ice cream makers  together to easily compare and contrast. Many of these images, with descriptions, are in future (Walker, Gouffe) or past posts (Fuller HERE) and 5 descriptions in 'Gunter's Tea Shop' with more posts HERE.

1751 Le Cannameliste Francais

1768  Emy. Paris

1773 Venditore di Sarbett Napoli

1820 Jarrin.  London

1828 Walker.  Oxford UK

1843 Johnson  1st American patent

1844  Masters. London

1845 Cries of New York

1851 Fuller. London

1861 Jeanes.  London

1868  Harpers Weekly. NYC

1871  Gouffe. Paris/London

1885  Marshall.  London

1903 Brown pewterers catalogue 

1909  factory freezing room

1916 White Mountain freezer (still being made since 1872)

For many past posts on ice cream HERE

ICE CREAM TAPED TALKS

Ivan Day lecture Ice cream in the Age of Enlightenment. For exhibit Savor: A Revolution in Food Culture. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. CT Se 21 TAPE HERE

Ivan Day ice cream demo Ice cream in the Age of Enlightenment. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. CT Se 29 TAPE HERE

Savor: A Revolution in Food Culture. Linda Roth. Gallery talk. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. CT Se 29 HERE past TAPE HERE


SOURCES
~Brown & Englefield manufacturing pewterers catalogue 1903
~Cries of New York.  1845
~Emy, M. L 'Art de Bien Faire Les Glaces d'Office. Paris: 1768
~Farmer, Fannie. The Boston cooking-school cook book. Boston: 1916
~Frozen Dainties… Prepared for The White Mountain Freezer Co., by Mrs. D. A. Lincoln. Nashua NH: 1898
~Fuller, William. A Manual: containing original recipes for preparing ices … Fuller’s Neopolitan ~Freezing Machine. London: 1851
~Gilliers, Sieur. Le Cannameliste Francais. 1751
~Gouffe, Jules. The Book of Preserve (Le Livre de Conserves) … Translated... by Alphonse Gouffe. London: 1871 [French ed 1869]
~Harpers Weekly Au 15, 1868
~Jarrin, William. The Italian Confectioner, Or, Complete Economy of Desserts. London: 1820
~Jeanes, William. Gunter's Modern Confectioner. London: 1861, 1870
~Marshall, Agnes B. Ices and Ice Creams. London: 1885
~Masters, Thomas. The Ice Book. London: 1844
~Miller, Val.  Standard Recipes for Ice Cream Makers, Wholesale and Retail. Chicago: 1909
~Nutt, Frederick. The Complete Confectioner. London: 1789 1807
~Walker, Richard 1828. On the artificial production of cold. Philosophical Magazine v3 June 1828
~Sorbettaro Ambulante by Dura c1850 British Museum  first print
~Venditore di Sarbett Napoli, print by Pietro Fabris. 1773

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