An English sugar caster with a removable pierced top over a paneled, fluted, and heavily engrav…

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Caster

Maker Fenton Brothers (British, 19th Century)

Date1888

Mediumsterling silver

Dimensions8 1/4 × 3 1/2 inches (21 × 8.9 cm)

MarkingsMaker's mark stamped on the bottom of the lid: SF / AJF [in shield]; Hallmarks stamped on the bottom of the lid: Sheffield crown; lion passant; [date mark] V; Queen's head

Credit LineGift of Frank A. Rizza, M.D. and family.

Object number2012.15.33.a-.b

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CopyrightThe images and text contained on this page are owned by Telfair Museums or used by the Museum with permission from the owners. Unauthorized reproduction, transmission or display of these materials is prohibited with the exception of items deemed “fair use” as defined by U.S. and international copyright laws.Label TextSugar casters, or castors, were used at the table to sift and sprinkle very fine grains of sugar onto desserts such as fruit or puddings. They were also called muffineers for their use sugaring muffin-tops. As with this one, they usually have a removable pierced top. This castor is especially elaborate, featuring gadrooning, or convex curves, around the curved bottom, and fluting, or concave curves, around the center, as well as lightly engraved scrollwork throughout. It was made by the Fenton Brothers, who were silversmiths and platers manufacturing silver goods in Sheffield and London, England throughout the second half of the 19th century.

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