Two-part funnel with strainer consisting of a double-bellied circular bowl with applied reeded rim and rounded bottom pierced with small holes arranged into a six-petal flower, and a friction-fit, tapered cylindrical spout with scored collar and curved mouth ending in a split lip. Outside of bowl is struck with five hallmarks, "AK" in raised serif letters in a rounded rectangle, a lion passant facing left in a clipped-corner pointed shield, a crowned leopard's head in a clipped-corner rounded shield, the date letter "G" in a clipped-corner pointed shield, and a sovereign's head in profile facing right in an oval.
Maker is Abstinando King of London, England; working, 1791-circa 1823.
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