A RARE SCOTTISH WROUGHT IRON TRIVET OR GRIDIRON

A RARE SCOTTISH WROUGHT IRON TRIVET OR GRIDIRON

SCOTTISH, EARLY / MID 18TH CENTURY

of trapezoidal form, with heart shaped and scrolling decoration, with a turned handle and on short feet

75.5cm long, 45.3cm wide (max)

Liturature

See J. Seymour Lindsay 'Iron & Brass Implements of the English House' (1970) fig. 139 for an illustrated example from the Victoria and Albert Museum

Similar example sold Sotheby's, Nyetimber Manor, 27th September 2001, lot 1191