Ye Olde Melon

Good afternoon. Another bright day in the quest for ultimate truth in the vasts territories of Melondom. This time your humble servant, and in spite of its being a Sunday, therefore a day to rest from everyday travail, brings you a sublime instance of melonhood from the past.

This is the "Princess Melon Bombe on an ice border surrounded by garnishing ices", found on the interesting website Historic Food, in their Ices section. On further research, we find the following description:

This is another beautiful ice pudding from the nineteenth century. It is a Princess Melon Bombe, a delicious apple water ice moulded into a melon and filled with a rich vanilla and maraschino ice cream. It is surrounded by small garnishing ices and again decorated with maidenhair fern.

Victorian, then. Let it be a proof of the long time prestige enjoyed by our WF.
Have a nice Sunday, ye all merry melon mavens.