Strainer

Object Name:

Strainer

Object ID:

1969.005.089.4

Creator:

White, John

Place of Origin:

London, England

Date:

1719-1730

Description:

Mote Spoon. Silver. Rounded handle tapering to pointed, spade tip. Handle flattened above egg-shaped bowl with swage design shell and floral scroll drop on back. Pierced scrolls at ends around cluster of 9 crosses pierced in center of bowl. Stamped marks on reverse of handle: "IW" in Roman script in a rectangle, and a lion passant.

Material:

Metal
Silver

Dimensions:

W-0.875 L-5.1 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 from collection in photo published in Boston Transcript, second row right, fine shell back example - make I.W.? probably John White London - Lion made before 1739."

Credit Line:

Josiah Abbott Dadmun and Susan Dadmun Collections, Bequest of Helen I. Dadmun Doble

People:

White, John, Dadmun, Josiah A. (1840-1924), Dadmun, Susan (1844-1936), Doble, Helen I. (1881-1968)

Subjects:

Silver, Tea, Tea ceremonies, Imports, Trade