Strainer
Strainer
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- Description
- Deep, circular strainer attached with three rivets to a long handle twisted at center and flattened into shaped ends with a bent-back hook at top; a U-bent clip is soldered to the rolled rim opposite handle. Bowl is perforated with small holes arranged into a spiral. Rivets hammered on front and back. Possible stamp at front top of handle. No other marks.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- strainer
- place made
- United States: New England
- Physical Description
- brass (bowl; clip; rivets material)
- iron (handle material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2 1/2 in x 15 in x 4 3/4 in; 6.35 cm x 38.1 cm x 12.065 cm
- ID Number
- DL.388477
- catalog number
- 388477
- accession number
- 182022
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Greenwood
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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