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Frank Lee Biography Ice Pot Washington Family Portrait Dinner Menu
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Instructions:
Read and analyze the source by completing the Analysis Routine below. When you have finished, select the BACK TO DINING ROOM button to explore the other sources provided.

The Washingtons purchased this set of ice pots to serve ice cream to their guests. Eating ice cream, or iced creams as it was sometimes called, was a part of the second course of dinner. Notice the delicate features on the pot. They help to express the specialness of the dessert. The ice cream served in Washington’s time was softer than most ice cream today.

Complete the Analysis Routine

1. Describe the dish. Why do you think it had a handle, a foot, and gold trim?

2. Ice cream must be kept cold on a hot day. Do you think this dish kept the ice cream cold?

3. Frank Lee would have picked up this dish from storage and then cleaned it after dinner. What challenges might he have faced in handling this dish?

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