Featured 2 Mystery items??

Discussion in 'Antique Discussion' started by Potteryplease, Nov 12, 2024 at 10:19 PM.

  1. Potteryplease

    Potteryplease Well-Known Member

    These were both on the 'Free' table at the end of last weekend's antique / vintage show. They were interesting so I grabbed 'em.

    I'm just curious what they might be.

    A: 10" x 4.5" (25x11cm) metal grid (only horizontal strips underneath the 2-directional top) mounted on stained wood; old-school green felt feet

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    B: partial wood rake / pitchfork? 6 12" (30cm) 'teeth'; 5.5 x 2.5" 'base', all of it careful fitted and matched

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    Thank you for any ideas on this absurd endeavor!
     
  2. Roaring20s

    Roaring20s Well-Known Member

  3. Potteryplease

    Potteryplease Well-Known Member

    Wow--looks very much like it.
     
  4. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    my 1st thought as well , but with only six tines.... half a rake ?
     
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  5. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    the grid looks like homemade... ( nicely..) art of a sort !:)
    I can discern no use for the bottom slats..... otherwise..:confused:
     
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  6. Potteryplease

    Potteryplease Well-Known Member

    Yeah thanks-- you can't put anything narrow in the grid, like a pencil etc, and have it stay upright. Absent a similar 'box' on the bottom, anything you put in there just slides until it's nearly laying down.

    It's unusual!
     
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  7. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    how about something flat , laying across it....
     
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  8. moreotherstuff

    moreotherstuff Izorizent

    There's always the Martyrdom of St. Lawrence, who was grilled:
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    But I guess it's too small for that.
     
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  9. 2manybooks

    2manybooks Well-Known Member

    Perhaps the grid is a shop class trivet for Mom, practicing riveting/soldering.
     
  10. Potteryplease

    Potteryplease Well-Known Member

    Trivet is a good idea. Put the hot casserole right on there.

    Speaking of grilling--- best fish I've ever cooked: I grilled two fillets of salmon I caught on cedar planks. Glazed in brown sugar and other stuff. I had soaked the planks in water beforehand, but in the last minutes of cooking, they caught on fire. Flames! I thought my salmon was ruined, but in fact, the brief burn made a carmelized, mildly charred crust on the outside of the otherwise perfectly cooked fish. It was delicious.

    A happy accident I'll never be able to repeat.
     
  11. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    That's so West Coast !:happy::happy:
     
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  12. Potteryplease

    Potteryplease Well-Known Member

    Add an IPA, and it's perfect.
     
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  13. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    or a hard pear cider from the Okanagan !!
     
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  14. Bdigger

    Bdigger Well-Known Member

    I agree.
    The top one looks like a Trivet, or cooling rack for pies and cakes. I was looking for one yesterday when I had a cake fresh out of the oven and wanted it to cool fast so I could frost it. Was wanting to put it on the enclosed front porch and didn't want to put it directly on the wooden table. I eventually found a trivet, but a cooling rack like that would have been perfect.
     
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  15. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    10 by 4.5 inces.......... exactly how wide was your cake ???

    8 inches.... 12....14????
     
  16. Bdigger

    Bdigger Well-Known Member

    +

    9x13
     
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  17. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    too big for this grate..... imo
     
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  18. 2manybooks

    2manybooks Well-Known Member

    Plenty big enough. If centered, only 2 1/4" overhang on each long side, 1 1/2" the other. The cake pan won't droop.
     
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