A Silver Sugar Sifting Spoon - a photo on Flickriver

            Sugar sifters are small ladle shaped spoons which could be used at the table to take the powdered sugar from sugar bowls or sugar baskets and sprinkle it over fruit, puddings or cakes. During the Nineteenth Century refined sugar became cheaper and thus readily available to a larger section of the population.  Sugar sifter spoons developed in the mid Eighteenth Century and are similar in form and size to sauce ladles, but with flattened bowl bases.  The bowls were decorated with elaborate pierced patterns. 

This week the Flickr Friday theme is "spoon" and I thought this was an unusual type of spoon that might be of interest, as it represents a more genteel time in our history. 

This sifting ladle was made in 1853 by the silversmiths firm Yapp and Woodward in Birmingham.  (Private collection).

John Yapp and John Woodward registered their business in 1845.  At one stage they were partners with Joseph Willmore.  They were renowned for making Visiting Card Cases. It is not usually possible to identify the artist or designer responsible for a particular design on a piece of cutlery, which makes this sifting ladle a delightful exception to the rule.

Taken on: June 15, 2020

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Camera: Canon DIGITAL IXUS 80 IS, f/2.8, 1/13 sec, 6.2mm, ISO 800 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon DIGITAL IXUS 80 IS
Aperture:	f/2.8
Exposure Time:	0.077 sec (1/13)
Focal Length:	6.2mm
ISO:	800
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
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