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Nothing compares to the feel or look of early and well done cast iron, and perhaps no one single item better symbolizes traditional Early American cast iron antiques than the trivet. 

With an almost intoxicating array of designs and styles to be had this category of collecting can be a collector's and decorator's paradise.  Whether you collect trivets in and of themselves, or to accompany your antique pressing iron collection, you'll find a variety of interesting antique trivets listed below,  ranging from very early hand-forged blacksmith-made examples to intricately designed cast iron trivets produced in foundries for the leading iron makers, to fine twisted wire and brass examples.

Below is a pretty complete list of the trivets we have posted so far from a collection of over 500 we have recently taken on consignment to sell for an old time collector.  We still have a few more boxes full to go, so keep checking back for more. 

If you want to browse by the page rather than by trivet name just click the page links directly below.

Most of the trivets listed below are in very nice condition and are ready for display.  Some just need a dusting.  A few need a light cleaning and waxing.  I usually do this on a soft wire wheel or by hand with steel wool, and then either wax or lightly oil them to retard any oxidation processes.  Heavier rust removal it is a longer process, first by scraping, then either electrolysis or a coarser wire wheel and a final coat of wax or oil, but none of the above examples require this and most are ready for display.

• Trivet with Bird and Tulips
• Trivet with Greek Motif
• Beautiful Cast Iron "Cathedral" Pattern Trivet
• Simplex Patent Trivet
• Cutout Letter Vulcan Trivet
• "T" within a Diamond Trivet
• 6 Different Ober Trivets
• Sensible Cutout Letter Trivet
• Simmons Special Trivet
• Trivet for a Charcoal Iron
• Bless & Drake Urn Trivet
• Nickel Plated James Smart Canada Trivet
• Royal Trivet with Crown
• H.R. Ives Montreal Cutout Letter Trivet
• Cutout Letter "C" Trivet
• Brass Recast of the Enterprise Philadelphia Trivet
• Cleveland Foundry Trivet
• Tailor Size Oriental Trivet
• 4 Legged Decorative Trivet Stand
• Streeter's "Magic" Cast Iron Trivet   SOLD!
• Mesco Cast Iron Trivet

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• "Iwantu" Gas Iron Double Pointed Cast Iron Trivet
• Large Aluminum Trivet
• "Best on Earth" Cast Iron Trivet
• "L" Cast Iron Trivet
• "Peerless" Cast Iron Cut Out Trivet
• 3 "Running Fox" Cast Iron Trivets
• 3 "Howell" Geneva IL Cast Iron Trivets
• "Dubuque Potts" Cast Iron Trivet
• "H 2 H" Cast Iron Trivet
• "B & D" Bless & Drake Cast Iron Trivet
• "Hette & Henger" St. Louis Cast Iron Trivet
• Cast Iron Trivet Marked "Economy"
• Big "E" Enterprise Cast Iron Trivet
• A Selection of Antique Cast Brass Trivets
• Unusual American Butt Co. Trivet
• 2 Exceptional Cast Iron Trivets
• Cast Iron Trivets with Hearts
• 3 Contemporary Trivets
• 3 Rectangular Cast Iron Trivets
• 3 Cathedral Trivets
• 4 Odd Shaped Trivets

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• Unmarked Geneva Howell-type Cast Iron Trivet
• "Hibbard Spencer Bartlett & Co." OVB Cast Iron Trivet  
• Another "B & D" Bless & Drake Cast Iron Trivet
• "US" Nickel Plated Cast Iron Trivet
• Unusual Howell Company Cast Iron Trivet
• Cast Iron Trivet with Gun and Sword Emblems
• 5 Antique Stove Trivets   SOLD!
• 6 Antique "Shelf" Trivets 
• Green Enamel Trivet
• Wrought Iron Range Trivet   SOLD!

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• Cut-Out Steel "UCM" Trivet   SOLD!  
• Ornamental Cast Iron Trivet
• Antique Sheet Brass Trivets
• Antique Sheet Iron Trivets
• Antique Strap Iron Trivets
• 2 Brass Wire Rod Trivets
• Thayer's Patent 8 in 1 Trivet
• A Selection of Antique & Vintage Brass Trivets

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• Cast Iron George Washington Trivet 
• 2 Different Colebrookdale Cast Iron Trivets
• Spade Shaped "Iwantu Comfort" Gas Iron Trivet
• Nickel Plated Humphreys Gas Iron Trivet
• Figural Rosenbaum Mfg. Co. "Uneedit" Gas Iron Trivet
• An Assortment of Decorative Antique Cast Iron Trivets
• "Sheaf of Wheat" Cast Iron Trivet
• 2 Floral Design Cast Iron Trivets
• Simmons Special Double Pointed Trivet
• Richmond CAL Double Pointed Trivet
• 2 Variations of the Best on Earth Trivet
• "J.S.H. & Co. Crown" Trivet
• Imperial Double Pointed Gas Iron Trivet
• Assorted Cut / Punched Press Steel Trivets
• Early Handmade Trivet

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Antique Hearth / Fireplace TRIVETS

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Child-Size & Mini TRIVETS

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• Early Tuesday Morning / Politzer
• Tuesday's Children / Politzer
• Iron Talk Price Guides / Walker
• US Iron Patents / Walker
• Antique Irons / Rihn
• Collectors Guide to Pressing Irons & Trivets / Berney
• Evolution of the Sadiron / Glissman
• Trivets I and Trivets II / Hankenson