VICTORIAN TEA STRAINER/INVALID FEEDER - SILVER WITH STRAINER - GORGEOUS REPOSE

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VICTORIAN TEA STRAINER/INVALID FEEDER - SILVER WITH STRAINER - GORGEOUS REPOSE :
$59.99

UP FOR sale IS A WONDERFUL VICTORIAN SILVER PLATE OR POSSIBLY STERLING TEA STRAINER OR INVALID FEEDER. THERE IS NO MAKERS MARK VISIBLE - IT IS SIMPLY MARKED \"PATENT PENDING.\" I HAVE SEEN THE SAME TEA STRAINER/INVALID FEEDER ON AND THEY HAVE ATTRIBUTED IT TO PAYNE & BAKER CO. THEIRS WAS TESTED AND PROVEN TO BE STERLING. I HAVE NOT TESTED THIS ONE SO MUST CALL IT SILVER PLATE. THE INSIDE OF THE STRAINER/FEEDER IS GOLD WASHED AS WELL AS THE SCREEN. I HAVE THE ORIGINAL BOX THAT IT CAME IN AND THE OWNER (I PURCHASED THIS AT AN ESTATE SALE MANY YEARS AGO) DESCRIBES IT AS A SILVER TEA STRAINER. SHE OBVIOUSLY TREASURED THE ITEM AND I FELL IN LOVE WITH IT AT FIRST SIGHT. ONE REACHES THE PLATEAU OF DOWNSIZING EVENTUALLY AND THAT IS WHY I AM OFFERING IT TODAY. I DID NOT ATTEMPT TO CLEAN IT BECAUSE THAT WOULD DESTROY YEARS AND YEARS OF HISTORY. THE ITEM MEASURES 6\" IN LENGTH. IT IS A LEFT HAND TEA STRAINER/FEEDER.