Trivets

[Robin Lumsden]

Just picked these up.

Not German ................... or SS ......................

But ............... er ..................... :love:

[Chris Boonzaier]

What can you do with these? wots a trivet?

[Robin Lumsden]

These usually date from the 19th Century .......................

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trivet

[Robin Lumsden]

Just think .................... 'Hagall-Rune', 'Sonnenrad', 'Julleuchter' .............................

Old 'Voelkische' designs later adopted by 'You-Know-Who'. :cheeky:

[Robin Lumsden]

Similarity numero uno ...................

................ 'Hagall-Rune' and Hearts ..................

[Robin Lumsden]

And ..................

[Robin Lumsden]

Not to mention .......................

[dond]

What can you do with these? wots a trivet?

You both are showing your age......

[Chris Boonzaier]

You both are showing your age......

Robins too old and I am too young ?? :-)

[dond]

Exactly. :whistle:

[Robin Lumsden]

Ha!

I'm proud to be a dinosaur! ;)

[Robin Lumsden]

I wonder if they ever did skull trivets ???? :cheeky:

[Robin Lumsden]

Yup ..................

[peter monahan]

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! ]

[TacHel]

So Rob... You collect trivets... And your wife collects... Heavy machine guns?

Oh and Peter...

[Mervyn Mitton]

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 ???

[Brian Wolfe]

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