Trivet

Description:

U-shaped trivet with a cast and pierced brass facing and turned wooden handle on three, tall cabriole legs ending in tab feet; bell-shaped support below is forge-welded with ends peened on outside of legs. No marks.

Date Made: 1760-1790

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United Kingdom: England

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life, Domestic Furnishings

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Credit Line: Bequest of Miss Lucy Hunter Baird

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: DL.284327Catalog Number: 284327Accession Number: 55865

Object Name: trivet

Physical Description: iron, wrought (stand material)brass (facing material)wood (handle material)Measurements: overall: 13 5/8 in x 14 1/8 in x 11 5/8 in; 34.6075 cm x 35.8775 cm x 29.5275 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-1c33-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_318696

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