Strainer
date: label: date made
content: 1747-1751
notes: label: Description
content: Raised shallow circular bowl with bulging sides, rounded bottom, and everted rim with applied molding, under which two, flat, hourglass-shaped handles are attached on opposite sides. Bowl is scored with a pair of lines and pierced on its bottom with small holes arranged into a radiating six-petal flower design. Struck once on end face of one handle "W.BURT" in raised serif letters in a rounded-corner rectangle.
label: Description
content: Maker is William Burt (1726-1751) of Boston, MA; son of John Burt (1692/3-1746) and brother of Samuel (1724-1754) and Benjamin (1729-1805), all silversmiths.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Estate of Arthur Michael
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.383484
label: catalog number
content: 383484
label: accession number
content: 162866
objectType: label: Object Name
content: strainer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 11 1/4 in x 4 1/4 in; 2.54 cm x 28.575 cm x 10.795 cm