Beautiful Old Woven Metal Trivet 1890s and are numbered on the

and are numbered on the undersides

It's got some years on it but remains in excellent condition and is structurally super sound

for Max Schmeling

There are some dark smudges against the white body

Beautiful Old Woven Metal Trivet 1890s and are numbered on theI really love this thing, which I believe was made to be a trivet, woven of cut metal strips of varying lengths, folded over at the ends to hold it together. I believe the metal is tin, and think it was likely a make do creation (I have had one other similar, also found in Maine and perhaps done by the same maker years ago) transforming scraps into something remarkably beautiful and satisfying in a very tramp art sort of way. (It also of course