1811 2 Feb. 4/5 (advt.) A Superb Desert [sic] Service..comprising 18 knives, 18 four-prong forks, 18 spoons, and a pair of ice spades, with mahogany box for ditto.
1912 16 Nov. 620/3 With shovel, axe, ice-spade, traps and bait we arrived at the pond and commenced operations.
2008 (Nexis) 28 July 13 Made of silver gilt,..it includes 140 dishes, 288 dinner plates and a bewildering inventory of knives, forks, spoons, marrow scoops, ice spades and stupendous table sculptures.