Vintage Green Wood Handle Tea Strainer Sifter, Painted Tin Cup, Fine Mesh, Wire Pot Rest Frame, Farmhouse Kitchenware, Circa 1930s to 1940s

This is an unmarked tea strainer sifter, circa 1930s to 1940s, with a tapered tin cup painted green on the outside, a fine wire mesh screen at the base, and a turned wooden handle painted green.

It shows light use. The green paint has wear at the handle end knob, near the top of the handle, and in a worn patch along the handle, with bare wood showing, plus small paint losses at the lower edge of the cup and a slight rust tone at the frame joint, all visible in the photos. The fine mesh screen looks intact in the photos.

Painted green wooden handles were a common look on American kitchen tools in the 1930s and 1940s. This one, with its pot-rest ears and deep tin cup, would fit a farmhouse kitchen shelf.

Details

• Item: One tea strainer sifter
• Item Type: Kitchen Strainers
• Era: Circa 1930s to 1940s
• Materials: Tin cup with green paint, fine wire mesh screen, wire frame, and a turned wooden handle with green paint
• Color: Green, with a dark worn metal interior
• Maker and Mark: Unmarked. No maker's mark is visible in the photos
• Pattern or Model: Tea strainer or mini sifter with a painted tin cup and pot-rest frame. Pattern or model name not confirmed from photos
• Style: 1930s to 1940s kitchenware
• Dimensions: 7 in long overall. The metal cup is 3 in across at the rim and about 2 in across at the base where the screen is
• Special Features: Tapered tin cup with a visible side seam. Fine wire mesh screen at the base. Wire frame with two pot-rest ears. Wire shank that forms a diamond shape. Turned wooden handle painted green

Condition Grade: Very Good

Positives

• Graded Very Good: The piece is solid, it shows light use, and the fine wire mesh screen looks intact in the photos.
• The green paint on the cup still looks bright in the photos.
• The two pot-rest ears and the diamond-shaped wire shank are present in the photos.
• The turned wooden handle is in place in the photos.

Issues / Wear

• Paint wear at the end knob, near the top of the handle, and in a worn patch along the handle, with bare wood showing, visible in the photos.
• Small paint losses at the lower edge of the cup, visible in the photos.
• A slight rust tone at the frame joint, visible in the photos.
• The inside of the cup is dark, worn metal with gray mottling, visible in the photos.

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If you collect green handle kitchenware, this unmarked tea strainer sifter with a painted tin cup would fit a 1930s to 1940s kitchen shelf. If it's the one you've been looking for, it's ready to come home.