A metal tool with small cutouts in the bowl and an ivory handle.
A metal tool with small cutouts in the bowl and an ivory handle.
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Unknown Maker, English

Sugar Sifter

Maker

Unknown Maker, English

Culture

English

Title

Sugar Sifter

Year

mid-1800s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

silver

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Stamp: "E.P."

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of the estate of Elizabeth T. Casey

Object Number

1989.045.12.31

Type

Exhibition History

Trading Earth
Ceramics, Commodities, and Commerce
Apr 09, 2022 – Aug 03, 2025

Label copy

In addition to sugar bowls and chocolate pots made from ceramic, versions were also fashioned from silver, along with a whole new array of implements that were devised to sprinkle, shake, and deliver sugar onto and into foods and beverages. Pierced casters held sugar, as well as dried mustard and other spices, while sugar sifters and tongs were designed in a variety of styles.

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Unknown Maker, English
Sugar Sifter, mid-1800s
Silver and ivory
Gift of the estate of Elizabeth T. Casey 1989.045.12.31

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