Tea Strainer

Item Information

Title:
Tea Strainer
Description:
Bail handle with double pronged hook. Strainer is a scalloped octagonal form with a deep dished body. Molded rim with shells at each point. Ribbed sides and stick figure piercings.
Date:
1875–1900
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
brass (alloy)
shell (animal material)
silver (metal)
plate (material)
tea strainers
cookware
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
Digitized Museum Collections
Subjects:
shell (animal material)
Silver
Brass
Shell
Places:
New Hampshire > Rockingham (county) > Portsmouth
Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.)
Extent:
() Diameter: 2.5 in.
Link to Item:
http://gusn.us/12071
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Gift of Ralph May
Accession #:
1971.1423
Identifier:
12071