We are delighted to be able to offer for sale a great number of antique, vintage, and collectible trivets originating from several great collections that we are helping different consigners sell.

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.

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.  It is part of the process and the bonding with your new addition to the collection.

Antique Trivets

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Books on Irons and Ironing

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• Early Tuesday Morning / Politzer
• Tuesday's Children / Politzer
• Founders of Scottish Irons / Anderson
• In Search of their Roots: Scottish Box Irons / Anderson
• A Collector's Guide to Pressing Irons & Trivets / Berney
• Smithsonian Magazine: Ironing Out Those Washday Blues
• Laundry Life in London Town / Morgan
• Iron Talk Price Guide 2000 / Walker 
• Pressing Iron Patents / Irons
• Antique Irons / Rihn
• A Patent History of 19th C American Fluting Irons / Durham   SOLD!
• Evolution of the Sadiron / Glissman
• Evolution of the Sadiron / Glissman (Hardcover)
• Carol & Jimmy Walker's Iron Talk Journal of Antique Pressing Irons
• The Swanson Collection / Swanson
• Sad-Irons and their Trademarks / Swanson
• Laundry Bygones / Sambrook
• Alte Bugelgerate / Strobel
• Collectors Guide to Trivets and Stands / Kelly and Ellwood
• Trivet Books / Hankenson
• Electrical World American Electric Irons / Giles
• A Collector's Guide: Information, Manufacturers, TradeMarks / Morgan and Giles
• Irons / Alphin
• Antique Sad Irons / Bowlin

Trivet Collector and Author of The A-Z Guide to Collecting Trivets Lynn Rosack now has a second trivet book.  Click here to take a look at her website.  Lynn is also the Leader of the Trivet Collectors Network group, a place to learn, chat, and share information and photos with other "Triveteers" about their treasures.  Contact Lynn directly to buy the books and for TCN membership information.