Vintage Antique Pewter Ice Cream Candy Squash Pumpkin Orange Fruit Mold Form

Vintage Antique Pewter Metal small ice cream candy or chocolate mold in the form of a vegetable, perhaps a squash, gourd, or pumpkin, or fruit, maybe an orange or persimmon. This piece, which has no maker's marks, is in nice antique vintage condition. It is about 2 1/2" from the end of hinge to the handles and 1 1/2" tall. Interior is about 2" long and wide.

A pewter ice cream mold is a two-part, hinged metal mold used in the 19th and early 20th centuries to shape individual servings of ice cream into decorative forms like fruits, animals, or patriotic figures, providing a visual delight before modern refrigeration. The heavy pewter helped keep the ice cream firm as it was frozen in a mixture of ice and salt, with the final molded dessert often painted with food coloring to enhance its realistic appearance.