Strainer
date: label: date made
content: ca 1900
notes: label: Description
content: Norse Revival style or Dragestil strainer in the form of a crouching mythical creature, probably a Norse dragon, with cast head, tail, and four bent legs ending in four talons all attached to a small, raised circular bowl with ruffled rim for the body. Bowl sides have chased and repousse asymmetrical knotwork or interlaced designs. Underside of bowl is struck "H.MØLLER", "830 S (sideways)" and "TRONDHJEM" in incuse sans serif letters.
label: Description
content: Maker is Henrik Moller (Møller; 1858-1937) of Trondhjem or Trondheim, Norway, a major proponent of Dragestil.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Norway: Trøndelag, Trondheim
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Kate Session Marsh
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.383722
label: catalog number
content: 383722
label: accession number
content: 166645
objectType: label: Object Name
content: strainer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (gilt wash material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 7/8 in x 5 3/8 in x 2 3/8 in; 4.7625 cm x 13.6525 cm x 6.0325 cm