THREE OLD “SAD IRON” TRIVETS – ONE WITH “CSA”

THREE OLD “SAD IRON” TRIVETS – ONE WITH “CSA”

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Item Code: 2022-2354

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Offered here is a group of three old iron trivets. All are made of cast iron, and are household tools used to press and flatten clothing before the invention of electric irons. Old "sad iron” trivets are heat-resistant metal stands or air-gap diffusers used during the 19th and early 20th centuries to hold stove-heated flat irons so they wouldn’t scorch the table or ironing board. All have light to moderate surface rust and must have been stored in a damp environment.

First is plain and unmarked. 6” x 4.25”, with three short legs. The second, also 6” x 4.25” with three legs, and “B&D” cast in the center. B&D stands for Bless & Drake, a foundry in Newark, New Jersey, that made sad irons and matching stands in the second half of the 1800s.

The third is most interesting and the largest, at 10” x 4.25”, with a heart-shaped handle and usual three legs. “CSA” is cast in the center and “Richmond VA. 1922” in raised letters across the back. Richmond hosted a large United Confederate Veterans reunion in 1922, and commemorative pieces were made for those events. So, this design was likely conceived as a souvenir. [jet][ph:L]

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