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strainer

Strainer
1730-1731 (made)
Artist/Maker
Thomas England (maker)
Place of origin
London (made)

Silver, English (London), 1730-31, mark of Thomas England.

Object details

Object type
Strainer
Titlestrainer (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Silver
Silver
Brief description
Silver, English (London), 1730-31, mark of Thomas England.
Dimensions
  • Across the handles, maximum length length: 19.5cm
  • Across the pierced bowl diameter: 9.6cm
  • Base of bowl to rim height: 3.2cm
  • Weight: 139.4g
Marks and inscriptions
The centre of the strainer bowl is punched with a lion passant (the mark for sterling silver), the leopard's head crowned (for the London assay office) and the letter 'P' (date letter for the assay year 1730-31). The maker's mark and the lion passant are punched on the underside of one of the handles.
Credit line
Lt. Col. G. B. Croft-Lyons Bequest
Object history
The strainer was bequeathed to the Museum by the collector and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, Lt-Col George Babington Croft Lyon (1855-1926).
Bibliographic references
  • Jackson's Silver & Gold Marks of England, Scotland & Ireland, ed. Ian Pickford. Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club, 1989. Third edition, revised. ISBN 0907462634
  • Grimwade, Arthur G.. London Goldsmiths 1697-1837. Their Marks and Lives. 1st edn. London: Faber and Faber, 1976.
  • Clayton, Michael. The Collector’s Dictionary of the Silver and Gold of Great Britain and North America, 2nd edn, rev. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Antique Collectors’ Club, 1985. ISBN 090746257X
  • https://vanda-production-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2019/05/02/14/01/30/203468f3-777f-48b1-8b7e-13551dc47462/Donors_collectors_research_guide.pdf [accessed 02/09/2019]
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
M.852-1926

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Record createdSeptember 10, 2004
Record URL
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