Cast Mermaid Sugar Sifter Spoon, 1843

This is a very rare example of a cast silver sugar sifter spoon with a lovely figural finial in the form of a mermaid. The mermaid is looking into a hand mirror and has long flowing hair down her back. Seaweed tendrils cascade down the stem towards the generous oval bowl. The bowl is pierced in a most unusual manner with the scrolls and crosslets not showing to the reverse but instead only a round hole shows to the reverse - a sign of the thick gauge of silver used to make the bowl! A very fine and desirable spoon.