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The top of the brass is in the shape of a lyre with bright cut borders. It is raised on a conforming iron frame and three iron legs with flat disc shaped feet, all connected to a turned wood handle held by a brass collar.
trivets
brass (alloy)
iron (metal)
oak (wood)
wrought
Brass
Iron
Oak
Wrought
TRIVET
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
England
6.75 x 12 x 5.5 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.482
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