Silver strainer

[niceguy1]

GOOD MORNING ALL

What was this strainer used for? It seems it was meant to clip on to something.

Also I would be grateful if anyone can decipher the hallmarks.

THANKS

[Qrt.S]

The strainer is a part of something. Anyway it is from St Petersburg in Russia in silver 875/1000 (84). The assayer ЭБ is Eduard Fyodorovich Brandenburg, active 1850-1866. The rest is impossible to even guess because the marks are badly struck.

[niceguy1]

Thank you very much for that info. So that leaves us with the makers mark of which only K is visible.

[JLDoggett]

I believe it goes on top of a wine funnel, to catch the leas.

[dognose]

Trev.