Spoon, Sugar sifter, Silver plated, France, 19th century

Antique sugar sifter spoon, it can also be used to filter whole leaf tea, or as as an olive spoon. The handle is decorated with art noveau rococo motif. The holes on the surface of the spoon have an interesting shape.The back of the spoon is beautifully decorated. 

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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