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<p>[QUOTE="Ownedbybear, post: 251978, member: 29"]You foolish non tea drinking lot. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Tea bags be damned. This is indeed a tea strainer with its under plate stand and a very nice 19th C one at that. Tea is made with leaves, which must then be strained. i don't bother straining them, but fancy people do. </p><p><br /></p><p>It's Indian. Colonial period, made for Anglo Indians of some variety. Seen a lot of them here.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ownedbybear, post: 251978, member: 29"]You foolish non tea drinking lot. ;) Tea bags be damned. This is indeed a tea strainer with its under plate stand and a very nice 19th C one at that. Tea is made with leaves, which must then be strained. i don't bother straining them, but fancy people do. It's Indian. Colonial period, made for Anglo Indians of some variety. Seen a lot of them here.[/QUOTE]
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