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Trivet
1700-1740
Category
Metals
Place of Origin
Europe
Materials
- Brass
- Iron
Museum Object Number
1952.0109
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1952.0109
Object Name
Trivet
Category
Metals
Place of Origin
Europe
Origin Notes
Probably England or Northern Europe.
Date
1700-1740
Materials
- Brass
- Iron
Techniques
- Cast
- Wrought
Construction Description
Platform is cast and polished on the top side; iron legs and stretchers are wrought seperately and soldered; cast brass feet double-riveted to attach; cast brass finial screwed in place; handle cast in two parts and straight seemed, then screwed to iron projection above one of the legs (per previous cataloguer).
Dimensions (inches)
12.795 (H) x 12.402 (W) x 13.78 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
32.5 (H) x 31.5 (W) x 35 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Fennimore, Donald L. 1996 Metalwork in Early America: Copper and Its Alloys from the Winterthur Collection.
• Published: cat. no. 38, p. 110.Book: Gentle, Rupert, et al. 1994 Domestic Metalwork 1640-1820.
• Published: p. 352, fig. 5.