RELICS AND RELIQUARIES: ALL ABOUT MEASURE
This sieve is an industrial utensil with a woven mesh bottom used to strain or separate finer particles from courser ones, in this case the sieve reduces the ingredient to a finer size. The 85 mesh number is determined by the number of openings per linear square inch.
Sieve #70
Brass sieve 85 mesh
16 1/8" sq. x 2 1/8" d.