Small Triangular Trivet
Dublin Core
Title
Small Triangular Trivet
Subject
South, Stanley A.
Archaeology.
Wachovia (N.C.)--History.
Artifacts.
Pottery.
Moravians.
Aust, Gottfried, 1722-1788.
Description
Trivets were a type of kiln furniture used to support glazed objects. Trivets were made three ways in Bethabara. They could be molded by hand like this one, turned on a potter’s wheel and shaped with a knife, or made with a plaster press mold.
An object covered top and bottom with glaze would be balanced on a trivet inside of a kiln. When the firing was finished, the trivet would be broken off, leaving just three or four tiny holes in the glaze, rather than an entire side or rim. The broken points of this trivet are covered in brown glaze. Trivets remain in use today for the production of glazed and enameled wares.
This particular trivet was recovered from B4, Aust’s Waster Dump #1. It is marked B4-5-4-2 in black ink.
Dimensions: 1.5” from point-to-point, 1” tall.
An object covered top and bottom with glaze would be balanced on a trivet inside of a kiln. When the firing was finished, the trivet would be broken off, leaving just three or four tiny holes in the glaze, rather than an entire side or rim. The broken points of this trivet are covered in brown glaze. Trivets remain in use today for the production of glazed and enameled wares.
This particular trivet was recovered from B4, Aust’s Waster Dump #1. It is marked B4-5-4-2 in black ink.
Dimensions: 1.5” from point-to-point, 1” tall.
Creator
Aust, Gottfried, 1722-1788
Date
1760-1771
Type
Physical Object
Format
JPEG
Identifier
2018.2.44
Source
OC2-Historic Bethabara Park Archaeology Collection Exhibit
Relation
Historic Bethabara Park Archaeology Collection
Rights
Rights held by Historic Bethabara Park, Inc. Use and reproduction restrictions apply. Contact Historic Bethabara Park Archives.
Contributor
Photographer: Daniel Ferguson
Rights Holder
Historic Bethabara Park, Inc.
Citation
Aust, Gottfried, 1722-1788, “Small Triangular Trivet,” Historic Bethabara Park Collections, accessed April 23, 2024, https://historicbethabarapark.omeka.net/items/show/66.