Name/Title
Mrs. Miller's Strainer, Prior to 1900Entry/Object ID
1981.150.1Description
ACC. NO. 81.150.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: HOUSEHOLD
OBJECT: STRAINER, KITCHEN
DATE OR PERIOD: PRIOR TO 1900
DESCRIPTION:
BOWL-LIKE STRAINER, AT THE BOTTOM OF WHICH IS A PERFORATED SCREEN FOR DRAINING. IT HAS A TAPERING HANDLE WITH A LOOP FOR HANGING. OPPOSITE END HAS A METAL GRIP FOR HOLDING SECURELY WHEN STRAINING OVER SOME TYPE OF VESSEL. IT IS HAND-FORGED TIN.
SSIZE:
BOWL: DIAMETER 9-1/2"
HANDLE: LENGTH 16"
DIAMETER 5-1/2"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
KITCHEN STRAINER MADE BY A TINSMITH. IT IS MENTIONED BY MRS ROSE MILLER IN HER WRITTEN SCRIPT OF ALAMEDA'S EARLY HISTORY. IT WAS PRESENTED TO MRS ROSE MILLER BY PHILLIPA ASTRADA IN 1935. MRS MILLER WAS 86 YEARS' OLD AT THAT TIME. THE STRAINER WAS IN HER POSSESSION MANY YEARS, AND GIVEN TO MRS ASTRADA BY HER MOTHER WHO DIED AT THE AGE OF 99. BOTH FAMILIES LIVED IN ALAMEDA DURING ITS EARLY HISTORY.
DONOR:
MRS ROSE MILLER
DATE: JUNE 1957.
