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.
tea strainers
cookware
brass (alloy)
shell (animal material)
silver (metal)
plate (material)
shell (animal material)
Silver
Brass
Shell
STRAINER
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
2.5 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.1423
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