Tea Strainer
date: label: date made
content: 1868 - 1896
notes: label: Description
content: Small, floral repousse-decorated globular pot pierced with small holes arranged into a diamond or lozenge shape at bottom. Suspended from a split-pin spring hooked through the small twisted loop at center of the wire bail handle. Spring struck on one arm "S. KIRK & SON" and "11 OZ", both in raised serif letters in rectangles.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maryland, Baltimore
label: place used
content: United States: Maryland, Baltimore
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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 August Mencken
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.68.0461
label: catalog number
content: 68.0461
label: accession number
content: 274913
objectType: label: Object Name
content: infuser, tea
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: silver wire (handle material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 5/8 in x 2 1/4 in x 1 1/2 in; 4.1275 cm x 5.715 cm x 3.81 cm