sf > wrote:

> wrote:

>>No, it's a tea strainer used to strain loose tea out of a pot of
>>brewed tea. There are lots of them that are antique, silver, some
>>with wood handles, some without, and many are figural. Highly desired
>>by collectors of such.

>Honest, Nan... I don't see how it could *strain* tea. Tea leaves will
>*flow* through those slits.

Hypothesis: in past decades they did not cut up tea leaves into
as small pieces.

Steve