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Strainer

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Collection Type

  • Cooking equipment

Date

1885-1920

GUSN

GUSN-6086

Description

Round straight sided bowl with 100 holes perforated within square in bottom; interior of bowl decorated with scalloped border, in blue; exterior has blue onion pattern; porcelain stem protrudes from bowl into which the turned wooden handle is inserted.

Details

Descriptive Terms

strainers (culinary tools)
porcelain
wood (plant material)
angiosperm
Porcelain
Onion
STRAINER

Associated Building

Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

China

Dimensions

9.25 x 1 x 2.75 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Ralph May

Accession Number

1971.1143

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