I am pleased to offer a Portmeirion Botanic Garden Sifter or Shaker in the more unusual 'dark' version of the Crocus and Snowdrop or Crocus and Galanthus motif. The sifter shape has been retired for at least several years. The Snowdrop and Crocus motif has been retired since 2000. It is in excellent condition with just some shelf wear on the bottom unglazed ring where it sits.

Sifters can be used for flour, cinnamon sugar, shaking water and many other possible uses in your kitchen or bath.

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The Crocus and Snowdrop was a bread and butter plate motif, introduced in 1980 and retired in 2000. There are two color versions of this motif where the biggest difference is in the pink butterfly wing. The lower wing is grey in the 'Dark' version and white in the 'Light Version' Also, the darker has more pronounced and deeper accents at the edges of the flowers and leaves. It was inspired by image in a 1830 botany book,Romance of Flowers. by Louisa Twomley.

This sifter is the dark version which has deeper colored accents and a gray lower wing on the pink butterfly.

All Botanic Garden sifters have a very large butterfly or moth on the back. This has a colorful redish and black butterfly.

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This item does not come with a box, but from my files, the side of the box says:

AT TABLE
for sprinkling castor sugar on fruit or desserts. For sifting finely grated parmesan onto soups or pastas. For sprinkling cinnamon onto toast or buns.

IN THE KITCHEN
for spinkling salt into soups & stews to season, or over joints or poultry before roasting to give a crisp finish. Use for dredging flour when making bread pastry etc. Can be used to sift flour or corn flour into soups & stews for thickening. Ideal for sifting icing sugar or confectioners sugar over cakes, or as a special finish do this through a paper cut-out or doily to make a delicate pattern, this looks marvelous on a chocolate or coffee icing.

WHEN IRONING
makes an excellent water sprinkler for extra damping of cuffs collars or frills.

IN THE BATHROOM
a decorative sprinkler for talcum powder

MADE IN ENGLAND

Size	Approximately 6-1/2" high and 2-1/2" across at the bottom
Transfer	All are perfect and colorful without fading or flaws
Ground	Very white
Glaze	Perfect and shiny with no crazing or other glaze flaws seen
Chips/Cracks	None
Stains	None except for some shelf wear on the bottom unglazed ring where it sits on a surface. Please see the photo of bottom below.
Use Marks	None
Other Comments	The original bottom stopper is present and in excellent condition. An excellent example a hard to find dark version of Crocus and Snowdrop retired sugar shaker!

The bottom has an original Portmeirion plastic stopper.

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