"Jenny Lind" Flatiron Trivet
Object Details
- decorative motif; depicted (sitter)
- Lind, Jenny
- Description
- Cast flatiron trivet with symmetrical scroll border and scrolled-heart handle on three thick peg legs. Design depicts a goddess-like woman playing a lyre in diaphonous, flowing dress with her hair down; "JENNY LIND" is cast in below. Small circular depression on underside just above where handle meets body. Possible traces of a sprue mark on outside of proper right bottom scroll. No other marks.
- 1850 - 1900
- ID Number
- DL.289462
- catalog number
- 289462
- accession number
- 59128
- Object Name
- trivet
- Physical Description
- bronze (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 1/2 in x 10 1/4 in x 4 3/4 in; 3.81 cm x 26.035 cm x 12.065 cm
- place made
- United States
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Exhibition
- Entertainment Nation
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Household Tools and Equipment
- Laundry
- Record ID
- nmah_304037
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a0-f5d4-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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