{"product_id":"antique-silver-sifting-spoon","title":"Antique Silver Sifting Spoon","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\"I found spoons like these one by one in brocantes — you never see them, and they are very, very rare,\" Patricia recalls. This silver sifting spoon is one of a small collection she assembled piece by piece over years of patient searching through French flea markets, and it shows exactly the kind of find that rewards a practiced eye.  The bowl is broad and shallow, its rim elaborately chased with scrollwork and foliate motifs, the scalloped edge worked with fine decorative detail. At the center, a pierced floral pattern allows powdered sugar or fine spices to fall through in a controlled drift. The handle is slender and flat, engraved along its length with shell and acanthus motifs and tapering to a fan-shaped shell terminal — silversmithing of real confidence and accomplishment. The silver has the warm, slightly muted tone that comes with genuine age, catching the light differently across its chased and pierced surfaces.  A spoon like this would have graced a well-appointed French table, used for dusting sugar over a tart or a bowl of fraises des bois. It is just as at home displayed in a small dish alongside antique flatware — or, as Patricia would no doubt prefer, actually used.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e 8¼\" x 1½\" x 3½\"   \u003cbr\u003e 21cm x 4cm x 9cm  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chez Pluie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54403176890706,"sku":"25645","price":594.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1166\/6698\/files\/DSC04259_9ed175d6-5769-4402-8dfc-05425480d93a.jpg?v=1787830800","url":"https:\/\/www.chezpluie.com\/products\/antique-silver-sifting-spoon","provider":"Chez Pluie","version":"1.0","type":"link"}