I've only got three Griswold-made decorative trivets; p/ns 1727, 1728, and 1900. That's a circular design, a wheat sheaves design, and a sad-iron style. The first two, which have 17xx p/ns, also have remnants of the little rubber feet on the cast iron legs. I realize that several of the Griswold "gifts" from that era had little rubber feet from the factory, and I have no doubts that they are original equipment on those two trivets. The last, the sad-iron style 1900 trivet, has no rubber feet. It also has slightly longer, thicker cast iron legs than either of the other two. I wish I had the 17xx sad iron-style trivet to compare to it, but I don't. I don't think the rubber foot that would fit snuggly on a 17xx stub leg would also fit on the slightly larger 19xx stub leg, but I'm not gonna test that theory.
The pdf from the 1950s that just got posted does have a trivet list, and it does mention little rubber feet, but the p/ns that it lists are all 17xx.
Are the 19xx trivets a newer style that were cast with slightly longer, thicker leg stubs and never shod with rubber? Has anyone else noticed any obvious differences between 17xx trivets and their 19xx counterparts? Or does the sad iron-style trivet just have huskier legs because it was designed to take an iron vs a potted plant?
Thank you.
