| DESCRIPTION |
Larger and heavier than average Georgian silver wine funnel with thread decorated borders. The pull out strainer section is a snug fit and is complete with the removable ring below the primary straining plate to which a muslin
bag would attach for an extra clear finish. |
| SILVERSMITH |
Abstainando King, marked to both sections. |
| DATE or HALLMARK |
1809 |
| ASSAY OFFICE |
London |
| WEIGHT in GRAMS |
164 |
| HEIGHT in INCHES |
5 ¾ |
| SILVER STANDARD |
.925 sterling silver |
| OVERALL CONDITION |
thick silver throughout with no engravings. To the main outer body, about ½" up from the junction with the tube section there is a ½" long thread of silver solder seen more clearly from the inside. Not part of the construction
and an odd place for a repair especially since all the surrounding silver is thick so I suspect that it is to correct a flaw such as a gas bubble in the original casting of the metal at the ingot stage, shown in the first image to the far right of the
body at about one o'clock. |
