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Antique: Silver tea strainer, with handle - Biedermeier

Silver of Ag 650 / 1000 fineness. Weight 16,60 grams. Period and style Biedermeier. Arched silver wire handle. Strainer in the shape of a deep round bowl with a high rim, with holes at the bottom. Vertical relief ribbing in the form of stylised cornucopias. Decorative embossed upper rim with acanthus and flower motifs. Edge cracked in two places. Newly marked with the Czech hallmark for old goods for fineness 500 - 799/1000. Central Europe 1840 - 1860. Height 7 cm, diameter 7 cm.