Spoon, Sugar sifter, Silver plated, France, 19th century
Antique sugar sifter spoon, with a romantic shape: a round bowl, scalloped edges, and a ribbon decor on the handle. The holes for a beautiful geometric motif. This sprinkling spoon can also be used to filter whole leaf tea, or as as a olive spoon. Sugar sifters are small ladle-shaped spoons which were used at the table to take sugar from sugar bowls or sugar baskets and sprinkle it over fruit, puddings, or cakes. During the 19th century, refined sugar became cheaper and thus readily available to a larger segment of the population, and silver companies began making more objects to suit.
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