Robin Lumsden Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Just picked these up. Not German ................... or SS ...................... But ............... er ..................... :love: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 What can you do with these? wots a trivet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lumsden Posted October 5, 2012 Author Share Posted October 5, 2012 These usually date from the 19th Century ....................... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trivet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lumsden Posted October 5, 2012 Author Share Posted October 5, 2012 Just think .................... 'Hagall-Rune', 'Sonnenrad', 'Julleuchter' ............................. Old 'Voelkische' designs later adopted by 'You-Know-Who'. :cheeky: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lumsden Posted October 5, 2012 Author Share Posted October 5, 2012 Similarity numero uno ................... ................ 'Hagall-Rune' and Hearts .................. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lumsden Posted October 5, 2012 Author Share Posted October 5, 2012 And .................. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lumsden Posted October 6, 2012 Author Share Posted October 6, 2012 Not to mention ....................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dond Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 What can you do with these? wots a trivet? You both are showing your age...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 You both are showing your age...... Robins too old and I am too young ?? :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dond Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 Exactly. :whistle: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lumsden Posted October 6, 2012 Author Share Posted October 6, 2012 Ha! I'm proud to be a dinosaur! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lumsden Posted October 6, 2012 Author Share Posted October 6, 2012 I wonder if they ever did skull trivets ???? :cheeky: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lumsden Posted October 6, 2012 Author Share Posted October 6, 2012 Yup .................. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter monahan Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 Cue the Darth Vader music from Star Wars! Although, I always thought 'The Trouble With Trivets' was a Star trek episode! [How's that for dating myself AND really really stretching for a bad pun? No, i have NO shame! ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TacHel Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 So Rob... You collect trivets... And your wife collects... Heavy machine guns? Oh and Peter... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mervyn Mitton Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Take no nottice of them Robin. They wouldn't know a good trivet if it bit them................ These are common items in South Africa - and of course in old home in Britain and Europe. How else would you keep the kettle boiling with an open fire ? In SA they were used by the Voortrekkers as they moved around the Country - trying to avoid the British. We were just too quick for them. Mervyn . Is the plural of a trivet - trivia ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Wolfe Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 What can you do with these? wots a trivet? Hi Chris, I don't know if anyone fully answered your question or not but here goes. They are used now a days under hot dishes or kettles to protect the surface, such as a table or counter top, from the direct heat. There were also used under old fashioned irons so the iron didn't burn the top of the ironing board. I didn't know about keeping the kettle boiling and I suspose one could place a votive candle under the kettle if the trivet were tall enough. Modern ones I've seen for sale are all too short for that use. Regards Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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