Trivet
- Object Name:
- Trivet
- Object ID:
- 1978.079.07
- Description:
- Trivet, wood and wrought iron. For flat iron. Rectangular support area with five ribs of rectangular wrought iron turned on their edges. Stock about 0.4" wide x 0.17" thick. Ribs smaller in height where they pass through end plates, peened over on outside surface at front and back ends. End plates similar stock. Turn downward at their edges, become wider. Have outward, rolled foot. Back plate slightly loose. At center of back plate is upward extension that widens then turns right angle toward back. Fits into round handle with metal ferrule at front end. Tang extends all the way through handle, turned over flush at end. Wood handle 0.45" long; has slight swell at center and at back end. At center are two narrow scribed lines that go around handle. Near back is single scribed line. Some old chipping to right side of handle at rear. Remnants of paper label, top of handle, white and portion of black circular character on it: "C". Two areas of remnants of other paper labels with sections of red border on them.
- Material:
- Metal
Iron
Wood - Dimensions:
- H-2.9 W-5 L-14.6 inches
- Provenance:
- From collection assembled by James Cowan Sawyer (1872-1944) in Durham, NH. Donated by his sons, Charles H. and George F. Sawyer.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Charles H. and George F. Sawyer
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