Strainer
- Object Name:
- Strainer
- Object ID:
- 1969.005.089.1
- Creator:
- Beale, Richard
- Place of Origin:
- London, England
- Date:
- 1731-1739
- Description:
- Mote Spoon. Silver. Rounded handle tapering to small oval tip. Handle flattened above egg-shaped bowl. pierced design of scrolls, crosses, and teardrops around cross in center. Stamped marks on reverse of handle: lion passant and "R B" in upper case letters with pellet between, each within rectangular blocks.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-1 L-6.125 inches
- Provenance:
- The Josiah Abbott Dadmun (1840-c.1925) and Susan Dadmun (1844-c.1934) Collection is a bequest of their daughter, Helen I. Dadmun (Mrs. Frank C.) Doble (1881-1969). Mrs. Doble's bequest includes: New Hampshire and other silver, wallpaper samples, fans, personal items, and birchbark pictures made by E. H. Merrill.
Purchased from Gebelein-Boston Silversmiths and Jewelers, 79 Chestnut Street, Boston; Tag from Gebelein-Boston Silversmiths and Jewelers, attached to bowl by string reads "Mote Spoon / Richard Beale / London 1731 / Lion passant mark outline as before 1739 which would date spoon 1731-1739." - Credit Line:
- Josiah Abbott Dadmun and Susan Dadmun Collections, Bequest of Helen I. Dadmun Doble
- People:
- Beale, Richard, Gebelein, John Herbert (1906-1986), Dadmun, Josiah A. (1840-1924), Dadmun, Susan (1844-1936), Doble, Helen I. (1881-1968)
- Subjects:
- Silver, Tea, Tea ceremonies, Imports, Trade
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