Rob Roy Kelly and James Ellwood discuss the various kinds and uses of trivets, the manufacturing of iron trivets in colonial America, trivet designs and makers (primarily 20th century) and identification points for dating trivets. Over a thousand iron, brass, wire and ceramic trivets from Europe and America are depicted in small black/white & color photos and catalog reprints of varying quality, photo captions utilize a series of codes that require some study to make sense of, of interest is the section devoted to modern/reproduction trivets produced by Wilton, Virginia Metalcrafters, John Wright, J.Z. H. (John Zimmerman Harner), Keystone Grey-Iron Foundry, Mortimer Spiller, Griswold, Wagner Manufacturing, The A.C. Williams Company, and Gray's Foundry. A separate 1998 price list is included.
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