Twentieth Century Art & Design

Franklin Porter Sterling Tea or Cocktail Strainer and Stand

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Start price: $150

Estimated price: $300 - $500

Buyer's premium: 20%

Consisting of strainer, stand and catch cup or shot glass, all three pieces marked Franklin Porter, sterling and with conjoined FP, silver and wood, c. 1930. Height of strainer on stand 4.875 inches, 7.8 ozt total weight. Franklin Porter was a noted Arts and Crafts era silversmith from Rhode Island and Massachusetts whose work is in many institutional collections, including the Museum of Fine Arts Boston.