Trivet
date: label: date made
content: ca 1870
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: Cast, spade-shaped trivet composed of firefighting equipment, including a hose for the edge that ends in crossed nozzles above a fire hydrant for the handle, "F" and "D" in heel corners next to two angled parade torches, a fire helmet and two crossed speaking trumpets at center, and a helmet badge at toe numbered "50" and "N.Y.F.D. / 7" above a low-relief depiction of a fire pumper. Three peg legs. No railing. No marks.
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Household Tools and Equipment
label: Subject
content: Laundry
label: decorative motif
content: Fire Fighting
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
label: Exhibition
content: Always Ready: Fighting Fire in the 19th Century
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: John Paul Remensnyder
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1978.0939.035
label: accession number
content: 1978.0939
label: catalog number
content: 1978.0939.035
objectType: label: Object Name
content: trivet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 5/8 in x 9 3/4 in x 4 3/4 in; 4.1275 cm x 24.765 cm x 12.065 cm