I'm all for having fun but what's the world coming to when one can just drop in pictures of lovely pots during a discussion on strainers and not bother mentioning the strainer?
My wife and I each have one of these. VERY handy when travelling and not wanting to drink the "tea" that is free in the hotel room in the morning. I love these. I've seen glass ones for sale from a tea merchant I have dealt with in China.
The strainer is a metal screen. I wish I had my camera here.... my wife took it this week to go visit family out of town. I would've been happy to post pics.
If you like loose tea these are very handy to have.
but they become blocked too easily, so we're now using a charming muslin filter from Yunnan Sourcing:
I like the ceramic nature of it and the wide brim, because it allows you to pour the tea around it such that it cools down nicely before drinking. It's slowly turning a rich, brown colour as the tea deposits collect...