The pattern on this ice cream tray, Santa Maria, made its debute at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, held in Chicago to commemorate the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of the New World. It is shown in the 1893 L. Straus & Sons catalog where the shape of this tray is given as no. 442. The Santa Maria pattern was never patented. L = 16.25" (41.3 cm), W = 9.25" (23.5 cm), h = 2.25 (5.7 cm), wt = 8 lb (3.6 kg). Sold for $500 in 1990.
Updated 31 Mar 2003