Trivet
- Object Name:
- Trivet
- Object ID:
- 1957.065.04.063
- Description:
- Trivet, wrought iron. Rectangular form, with attached handle. Six roughly parallel support surfaces, ~6.7" long. Front member flat stock placed vertically. Support bars peened over on outside front surface. At ends of flat stock, it turns downward and becomes deeper where it becomes wide rolled foot at bottom. Left foot missing small piece. Support member on back has bars peened over on outside surface. At ends, legs turn downward and separates at bottom to go forward and toward front and back horizontally, then it turns down slightly again to create slightly pointed foot. Handle welded to inside surface at top center of back support bar. It extends upward slightly then turns back. Flat stock, about 0.6" wide. Handle comes up from back support bar, curves slightly up then goes flat. Handle extends toward back to where it becomes slightly wider, then tapers down to neck. Flares to heart-shape. Hole in heart near end, ~4" diameter. Round bars ~0.25" diameter.
- Material:
- Metal
Iron - Dimensions:
- H-2.6 W-9.3 L-13.9 inches
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Katharine Prentis Murphy and Edmund Astley Prentis Jr., in Memory of David Edward Murphy
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