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Superb

Highly Decorative

Sugar Sifter

in the form of a 

Nautilus Shell.


 A wonderful antique silver plate sugar spoon,

with absolutely beautiful pierced & worked shell bowl,

naturalistically modelled with a ladle type stem.

(Please see all pics. provided.)



A beautiful late Victorian serving piece.

(please see pics.)


 

Excellent ergonomic design & a good, generous sized bowl. 

(please see pics.)


Makers marks to the reverse of the spoon

G.B & S 

within a shield with A pseudo hallmarks & EP 

with 

Patent mark impressed to the edge of the bowl within the design.

Pat.17124

(please see pics.& detail # 7 & 12)

 

 

5.5 inches long 

(13cm long)


Bowl ~ 2.5 inches wide

(Bowl ~ 6cm wide)

 

ANTIQUE & USED CONDITION

Totally original, unpolished & exactly as we found it.

Requiring a clean & polish.

No chips, cracks, splits or restoration.

Antique, used & pre-owned,

with some signs of age & use, as you would expect.

(please see pics.)

Some visible rubbing & minor marks to the silver plate finish,

 in particular to the shell bowl itself

but with good crisp relief decoration & no bumps, splits or restoration,

just used condition withe base metal showing through to the sifter.

(but it displays beautifully as it is.)

(please see pics.)

A slight bend at the shoulder, with surface marks to the shank through use,

but all relatively minor & mentioned purely for accuracy only.

(Please see all pics.)

Otherwise it is still good throughout,

is a scarce, unusual example ~ ready to use

&

it displays absolutely beautifully.

(Please see all photographs provided, that show the exact item condition.)

 

A superb, unusual & decorative sifter,

that would grace any collection

or 

period table.

(* Please take into consideration the rubbing to the silver plate on the shell, before bidding.)


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