Lemon strainer
Collection object
1989.0004
Overall L. from outer edges of handles 21.2; D. outer edge rim 11.2; Wt. 116.1g
Lemon strainer; Limerick Silver by Samuel Johns c 1760. Plain bowl, perforated in a radiating swirl pattern; rim has stiff-leaf foliage at the four quarters with banding between. Ornately curving opposing handles with curlicues attached to underside of rim. Maker's mark "SJ" in a rectangular frame on the underside of the outer end of one handle. The other handle has a repair visible on the underside.
Samuel Johns (silversmith)