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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.
Sugar sucriers (sugar bowls), sugar casters, sugar sifting spoons and sugar scoops: what an elegant and genteel history our forebears left us. How pleasurable it must have been to take sugar with tea, drinks or dessert using these wonderful sterling silver objects and implements.
No doubt you have a sugar bowl (also known as a sucrier) somewhere about the house, sterling silver or otherwise, but have you ever heard of a sugar caster, a sugar sifting spoons or sugar scoops before?
Sugar casters, which have been used from the Seventeenth Century, were the natural progression from sugar boxes. Sugar boxes were often highly ornamented and decorative to advertise their owner’s wealth, yet were not convenient for using at the dinner table while eating or drinking. The term ‘caster’ is a reference to the way which the sugar is cast across the food, and dispensed evenly. The shape and form of the silver sugar caster is based on the need to sprinkle sugar when sweetening drinks or food. Therefore the pierced dome shape of the top of the sugar caster allows sugar to pass through delicately and gradually, while the solid bottom of the caster is the container for the sugar. Generally, the height of the sugar caster has grown over time.
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.
Sugar scuttles were Victorian inventions and the first examples appeared in the 1850s. Many unusual items were first introduced in this period to coincide with the Great Exhibitions. They were made throughout the latter part of the Victorian period and into the early Twentieth Century. They went out of vogue after the Second World War. Always in the shape of a coal scuttle with a slanted body open at one end and sitting on a pedestal foot, together with a matching serving spoon or scoop that was hung either on a handle or on the scuttle lip. Many were hand engraved or chased with floral work.
This year the FFF+ Group have decided to have a weekly challenge called “Snap Happy”. A different theme chosen by a member of the group each week, and the image is to be posted on the Monday of the week.
This week the theme, “I spy with my little eye, something beginning with an S” was chosen by Laszlo,Laszlo Papinot.
I immediately thought of sterling silver when Laszlo announced the theme. Then I thought that sugar also starts with an ‘s’, so I called in some favours from some like-minded friends to share some pieces of sugar related sterling silver to meet this week’s theme.
Top left: an Art Deco sugar caster made in 1935 by Aaron Lufkin Dennison of Handsworth, Birmingham. (Private collection.)
Aaron Lufkin Dennison was an American watchmaker and businessman who founded a number of companies. Born in Maine in 1812, around 1862, Aaron Dennison started a business making watch cases in Birmingham and supplied the London office of the Waltham Watch Company. In 1879, Alfred Wigley joined Aaron to form the firm of Dennison, Wigley & Company. Aaron died in Birmingham in 1895. Following his death, his son Franklin became a partner in the firm. This very successful company continued until 1905 when it was renamed the Dennison Watch Case Company, and that company continued until 1967. As well as producing watch cases, they also produced luxury silver goods.
Top middle: a large Victorian Rococo Revival sucrier made in 1840 by Patrick Loughlin of Great Ship Street, Dublin. (Private collection).
This ornately decorated sugar bowl is wonderfully large, with a 15 centimetre diameter and measuring 10 centimetres in height. Obviously its owners were wealthy, and perhaps liked to display their wealth through such a large sucrier. Irish silver is quite rare, with much British assayed pieces melted down during the fraught relationship between Britain and Ireland. This piece is also rare because Patrick Loughlin was only a silversmith between 1831 and 1848.
Top right: a Georgian sugar caster made in 1801 by Thomas Wallis II in London. (Private collection).
Apprenticed to his father, Thomas Wallis I, silversmith Thomas Wallis II first registered himself in 1777. In 1810, Thomas Wallis II entered in partnership with silversmith Jonathan Hayne and established Thomas Wallis and Company.
Bottom left: a sifting ladle 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.
Bottom second from left: a Georgian revival sucrier made in 1901 in Chester by William Aitken of Vyse Street, Birmingham. (Private collection).
William Aitken was a maker of sterling silver and silver plated items during the Victorian and Edwardian period in Birmingham between 1891 and 1904 and was also active in Chester at the same time. His motto was “Nothing is too large; nothing is too small”. It was said of him that “it is an impossibility to mention any article which can be made in silver that is not in the stock of this maker”.
Middle bottom: a Regency Revival sucrier made in 1925 in Birmingham by the silversmiths Charles Boyton and Son Ltd. manufacturing silversmiths, Upper Charles Street, London. (Private collection).
The firm of Charles Boyton and sons was founded in 1809 and eventually wound up in 1933. The director Charles Boyton junior (1885 - 1958) broke away from the old firm and set up wholesale silversmiths in Maryebone Lane and a retail premises in Wigmore Street in 1934. Some of his work is inspired the Pyramid pattern designed Harold Nielson in 1926 for George Jonson. His business closed in 1939.
Bottom fourth from left: an Art Nouveau sucrier made in Dublin in 1908 by Sharman Dermott Neill. (Private collection).
Sharman Dermott Neill established the retail business of Sharman D. Neill on the Edgware Rd, London around 1852. It remained open until 1880. Premises in Donegall Place, Belfast were established in 1884. In 1909 the firm was converted into a Ltd. Sharman Dermott Neill was a descendent of Robert Neill, who in partnership with Henry Gardner, advertised \'Telescopes\' in 1810. Sharman D. Neill Ltd. is still open at 7 - 9 Royal Avenue, Belfast, selling luxury goods and jewellery.
Bottom right: a sugar scoop made in 1898 by Robert James Chaplin and Sons of Aldersgate Street, London. (Private collection).
This sugar scoop is unusual because unlike most, it has a long handle. Most sugar scoops have stumpy silver handles, yet this one has a long handle made of ivory. The silversmiths James Chaplin and Sons was registered in 1890. It closed in 1921. It is not usually possible to identify the artist or designer responsible for a particular design on a piece of cutlery, which makes this sugar scoop a delightful exception to the rule.
Noble Beach community Cabin, in miniature!
Sort of. Sadly, I couldn't get far enough above the cabin. The effect still works though!
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The February selection for my Page 233 Cookbook Project was Empanada de Pollo. It was quite complex and the recipe spanned three pages. The Empanadas had good flavor and I liked the blend of Chicken, Lemon, Olives and Tomatoes with sauteed Onion for the filling. The pastry...well, I'll have to keep trying because when all was said and done and they were out of the oven, they were just laughing at me!
The cookbook is "The Complete Book of Caribbean Cooking" by Elisabeth Lambert Ortiz. It was published in 1973. About this recipe for Empanada de Pollo, the author writes, "This is an old Cuban dish from Oriente Province. The recipe was given to me by my friend Nieves Rendules who was given it by her mother-in-law. It has been handed down through the generations, and goes back to early colonial times when the family received land grants from the Spanish crown."
Isn't it great to have a recipe that's been handed down so many generations? I do have some recipes that have been handed down to me, they only go back one generation, though. My Mom was an excellent cook. This was one of her cookbooks.
What about you? Do you have recipes that have been handed down through generations?
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sifting through the archives. these are some random photographs that i took when we first moved into our apartment a couple of years ago. sometimes i enjoy the simplistic things.
both of these were edited with my "white wine" photoshop action.
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The original large colour print I made in 2013 formed the background to the scattered dried rose petals. I then re-photographed the new assembly with a camera set up for monochrome but allowing the red to remain.
The sadness is due to the recent loss of one member of our touring party.
My original image can be viewed on Flickr: flic.kr/p/egfCJw
Sifting through the archives again, and out pops this photo of Sai Yeung Choi Street in Mong Kok, Hong Kong. I love Hong Kong; one of my favourite cities in Asia it really lends itself well to street photography. The textures, shapes, people, lights and vibrancy can make for some interesting and unique images.
sifting through 366 pics and found one that I'd forgotten to post last may. haha. what the heck, I'll post it anyway.
187/366
Sifting through more old images from Iceland, this image always stuck out as one I really enjoyed, but also one I felt wasn't quite right. Can't really put my finger on either part, but maybe I'll be able to make it right on the next trip we make. Or not. Sort of the joy I receive from photography, imagining some "perfect" image I hope to capture, and yet never getting it just right. It's good inspiration to improve...
Its not just finding the treasure, its taking the time to sort out the baubles to find even more hidden gems.
Head: Catwa Catya
Body: Maitreya Lara
Yes, people still wear this and I gladly share where I find stuffs.^^
Head Lure: mermade. // Siren Lure (Unrigged)
Head Piece: PH - Aradia Headpiece (Unrigged)
Hair: FAGA - Dori Hairstyle - [EXCLUSIVE GIFT]
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Sleeves: PH - Aerin Sleeves PH - Group Gift
Skirt: Poet's Heart - Ocean Soul V2 Autumn Pack - Group Gift
Wings: PH - Silvermoon Wings - Quest (Unrigged and I tinted green)
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Sifting through the archives and came across this. Oh, Dooey. So tough.
strobist: Two AB 800s with softboxes camera left and right.
Buckets of gravel are washed and then inspected for rough diamonds in Tongo Field, Sierra Leone
More of the story at www.adamcohn.com/thoughts/2008/04/searching-for-diamonds-...
Flickr Explore Jan 30 2009
Separate
Sifting through the wreckage I can't concentrate
Searching for a message in the fear and pain
Broken down and waiting for the chance to feel alive
Now in my remains
Are promises that never came
Set this silence free
To wash away the worst of me
Come apart
Falling in the cracks of every broken heart
Digging through the wreckage of your disregard
Sinking down and waiting for a chance to
feel alive
Now in my remains
Are promises that never came
Set this silence free
To wash away the worst of me
Like an army
Falling
One by one by one
Linkin Park - In my remains
If I didn't know better, I would think this Bull Moose was sifting through the snow in search of his lost antler. You can see the red spot where an antler once sat.
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Latin name: Phoenicopterus - Flamingo
Flamingos or flamingoes are a type of wading bird in the family Phoenicopteridae, the only family in the order Phoenicopteriformes. There are four flamingo species in the Americas and two species in the Old World.
Flamingos usually stand on one leg while the other is tucked beneath their body. The reason for this behaviour is not fully understood. Recent research indicates that standing on one leg may allow the birds to conserve more body heat, given that they spend a significant amount of time wading in cold water. However, the behaviour also takes place in warm water. As well as standing in the water, flamingos may stamp their webbed feet in the mud to stir up food from the bottom.
Young flamingos hatch with greyish reddish plumage, but adults range from light pink to bright red due to aqueous bacteria and beta-Carotene obtained from their food supply. A well-fed, healthy flamingo is more vibrantly colored and thus a more desirable mate; a white or pale flamingo, however, is usually unhealthy or malnourished. Captive flamingos are a notable exception; many turn a pale pink as they are not fed carotene at levels comparable to the wild.
Flamingos filter-feed on brine shrimp and blue-green algae. Their beaks are specially adapted to separate mud and silt from the food they eat, and are uniquely used upside-down. The filtering of food items is assisted by hairy structures called lamellae which line the mandibles, and the large rough-surfaced tongue. The pink or reddish color of flamingos comes from carotenoids in their diet of animal and plant plankton. These carotenoids are broken down into pigments by liver enzymes. The source of this varies by species, and affects the saturation of color. Flamingos whose sole diet is blue-green algae are darker in color compared to those who get it second hand (e.g. from animals that have digested blue-green algae).
Flamingos are very social birds; they live in colonies whose population can number in the thousands. These large colonies are believed to serve three purposes for the flamingos: avoiding predators, maximizing food intake, and using scarce suitable nesting sites more efficiently. Before breeding, flamingo colonies split into breeding groups of about 15 to 50 birds. Both males and females in these groups perform synchronized ritual displays. The members of a group stand together and display to each other by stretching their necks upwards, then uttering calls while head-flagging, and then flapping their wings. The displays do not seem to be directed towards an individual but instead occur randomly. These displays stimulate "synchronous nesting" (see below) and help pair up those birds who do not already have mates.
Flamingos form strong pair bonds although in larger colonies flamingos sometimes change mates, presumably because there are more mates to choose from. Flamingo pairs establish and defend nesting territories. They locate a suitable spot on the mudflat to build a nest (the spot is usually chosen by the female). It is during nest building that copulation usually occurs. Nest building is sometimes interrupted by another flamingo pair trying to commandeer the nesting site for their own use. Flamingos aggressively defend their nesting sites. Both the male and the female contribute to building the nest, and to defending the nest and egg. Occasional same-sex pairs have been reported.
After the chicks hatch, the only parental expense is feeding. Both the male and the female feed their chicks with a kind of crop milk, produced in glands lining the whole of the upper digestive tract (not just the crop). Production is stimulated by the hormone prolactin. The milk contains fat, protein, and red and white blood cells. (Pigeons and doves—Columbidae—also produce a crop milk (just in the glands lining the crop), which contains less fat and more protein than flamingo crop milk.
For the first six days after the chicks hatch, the adults and chicks stay in the nesting sites. At around seven to twelve days old, the chicks begin to move out of their nests and explore their surroundings. When they are two weeks old, the chicks congregate in groups, called "microcrèches", and their parents leave them alone. After a while, the microcrèches merge into "crèches" containing thousands of chicks. Chicks that do not stay in their crèches are vulnerable to predators.
Taken on our trip to Pensthorpe Nature Reserve in Norfolk. Part of the main group of flamingos.
Taken with my Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5.6-6.3 Di VC USD A011 Lens and framed in Photoshop.
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