Object number
51/511
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Description
Trivets are iron stands for supporting utensils while they are off the fire and for warming food by the fire. This hanging trivet is designed for use with a fire bar as it has no legs on which it could be supported on the hearth. It consists of a flat rectangular iron plate, two bent iron rods by which it was hung on the fire bar and a handle. Nothing is known of its origins.
Physical description
hanging trivet; metal [iron]; good condition
Archival history
MERL 'Catalogue index' card – 'This is a trivet designed for use with a fire-bar, as it has no legs by which it could be supported on the hearth. It is of very simple design, consisting of two bent iron rods to which is fixed a rectangular iron plate. The rods serve as the hooks by which the trivet was hung on the fire-bar at one end, and as the handle at the other. // The trivet measures 17.5 inches long and 8.5 inches wide. // See also 51/516.L', MERL 'Catalogue index' card – 51/516 – 'Trivets are iron stands which support utensils when they are off the fire, or serve to keep food hot in front of the fire. // Some trivets consists of three legs attached to a circular plate and were intended for standing on the hearth. Others... were made to be hung from fire bars. These sometimes have legs so that they would stand on the hearth.', Lavinia Smith Catalogue (D60/28) - 'A list of the contents of the East Hendred museum. July 5 1940 // Heating and Cooking // 194-197. Trivets for keeping things hot.'
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