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What is a whatnot? Well, you know, it is a thing of some sort that maybe you found or were given that you like to have around because... and they can be used to... and you can have many of them so that... you know?
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The Small Things Whatnot
Whatnot Item Number: W-0132
Image Number: W-0132-00-00
Title: Small Things
Publication Date: 10-May-2025
When Acquired: Sometime in the 1980's
Whatnot History: I believe that all of the small items that make up this whatnot were either collected or created by my great uncle. The nutshells turned into baskets were his doing. The lead and bone buttons were collected. The two trays were made in China. This whatnot is a curious collection of small things.
Lot Count: 2
The American Thread Company Whatnot
Whatnot Item Number: W-0131
Image Number: W-0131-00-00
Title: American Thread Company
Publication Date: 08-May-2025
When Acquired: Sometime in the 1980's
Whatnot History: My Dad was born and raised in Willimantic, Connecticut which is a small town east of Hartford, Connecticut. Willimantic was once a part of the American Thread Company (ATCO) factory complex, which at one time was the largest thread mill in the United States. ATCO began as the Willimantic Linen Company (WLC), founded in 1854. By 1890, the WLC manufactured the majority of the cotton sewing machine thread made in the United States. The Wilimantic Mills plant consisted of more than a dozen massive stone buildings. In 1890, the WLC was purchased by ATCO.
As a teenager, my Dad was hired by ATCO to repaint the white picket fence that surrounded the mill complex and that it took all summer for my Dad to complete the job. It was never made quite clear how much fence that really meant, but as my mother related the story to us children we were duely impressed. In 1985, ATCO closed its Willimantic Mills complex, however, much of the old mill complex still exists. All that I have left of the American Thread Company are these few wooden spools of thread.Lot Count: 1
The Bill's Backyard Whatnot
Whatnot Item Number: W-0130
Image Number: W-0130-00-00
Title: Bill's Backyard
Publication Date: 07-May-2025
When Acquired: Sometime in the 2010's
Whatnot History: We vacationed in England and took the train out to explore various towns and cities. Among them, we visited Nottingham, the Cadbury chocolate factory, and a little town named Stratford-upon-Avon. In Stratford-upon-Avon we walked around town and explored some of the old homes.
One house that I really enjoyed visiting was owned by some guy named "Bill". The inside of Bill's home was old and interesting, but outdoors in the backyard there was a small but beautiful garden with colorful flowers and trees. One of the bigger trees was a chestnut tree and there were all sorts of chestnuts on the ground. For some unknown reason, I love collecting chestnuts, so I scooped up a handful of them to keep as my treasure. So if you want to collect chestnuts in Stratford-upon-Avon, just visit Bill's house. The owner's name was Bill something... no... maybe Will something... William? Yes, that's it... and his last name began with the letter "S"... a long name... "Shatner"?... no... "Shaker"... no... Wait!! I have it! His name was "Shakespeare", "William Shakespeare". I hear that he was a good playwright. :)Lot Count: 2
The Magnetic Tapes Whatnot
Whatnot Item Number: W-0129
Image Number: W-0129-00-00
Title: Magnetic Tapes
Publication Date: 05-May-2025
When Acquired: June 1982
Whatnot History: Back in 1982, when I graduated from college with a BS in computer science, the only way to make backups of your programs and data was to use a floppy disk. The floppy disks came in 8-inch, 5.25-inch, and 3.5-inch versions. The 8-inch floppy disk had a storage capacity of 1.2MB. That's right, 1.2MB.
The only other method of storage for greater amounts of data could only be found if you had access to a mainframe computer. The mainframes were equipped with magnetic tape drives. The magnetic tape was wound on a standard 10.5-inch diameter tape reel with 2400 feet of magnetic tape. The standard reel had a storage capacity of up to 140MB, depending on the tape format. I do not remember what I backed up on these mag tapes, most probably it was some source code I wrote while on a co-op job.Lot Count: 3
The Coins Whatnot
Whatnot Item Number: W-0127
Image Number: W-0127-00-00
Title: Coins
Publication Date: 30-April-2025
When Acquired: Some time in the 2000's
Whatnot History: Over the years I have vacationed in a handful of foreign countries. Of course, while visiting these countries I would exchange my US dollars for the local currency and use it for food and drink, entertainment, and souvenirs. Upon returning back home and unpacking, I always seemed to find a bunch of foreign coins at the bottom of my luggage and backpack. What do you do with the coins? They are not worth very much and it would be more trouble than it was worth to find a way to exchange the coins. My solution? Put all of the coins in a plastic bag and store it somewhere.
The coins in my collection come from Mexico, Australia, Costa Rica, South Africa, Nicaragua, France, Austria, United Kingdom, Germany, and Germany. Oh, and there are some miscallaneous coins from sources such as the RTD bus tokens and Chuck-E-Cheese arcade tokens.Lot Count: 4
The Maine Seashells Whatnot
Whatnot Item Number: W-0126
Image Number: W-0126-00-00
Title: Maine Seashells
Publication Date: 29-April-2025
When Acquired: September 2019
Whatnot History: I moved last summer and as I boxed up all of my worldly goods I came across a number of unopened boxes that I must have boxed up back in 2019 and even 2016. I opened the unopened boxes and found a whole bunch of whatnots of all kinds. Much to my chagrin, one of the boxes contained bag after bag of seashells.
In September of 2019 I participated in the Maine Lighthouse Ride, which is a 100-mile bicycle ride along the coast of Maine. It is a wonderful ride with beautiful scenery, lighthouses and beaches. The day after the ride my sister and I went exploring the coastline which naturally resulted in collecting seashells and other odds and ends I found along the way.Lot Count: 4
The Sydney Seashells Whatnot
Whatnot Item Number: W-0125
Image Number: W-0125-00-00
Title: Sydney Seashells
Publication Date: 16-April-2025
When Acquired: Sometime in the 2000's
Whatnot History: I moved last summer and as I boxed up all of my worldly goods I came across a number of unopened boxes that I must have boxed up back in 2019 and even 2016. I opened the unopened boxes and found a whole bunch of whatnots of all kinds. Much to my chagrin, one of the boxes contained bag after bag of seashells.
The family and I went to Sydney, Australia in 2000 (just before the 2000 Olympics). We stayed in Manly Beach which was right on the ocean and provided us with plenty of beach walks. The limpet shells were the ones that I remembered finding there.Lot Count: 3
The Milford Seashells Whatnot
Whatnot Item Number: W-0124
Image Number: W-0124-00-00
Title: Milford Seashells
Publication Date: 15-April-2025
When Acquired: Sometime in the 2000's
Whatnot History: I moved last summer and as I boxed up all of my worldly possessions I came across a number of unopened boxes that I must have boxed up back in 2019 and even 2016. I opened the unopened boxes and found a whole bunch of whatnots of all kinds. Much to my chagrin, one of the boxes contained bag after bag of seashells.
I thought and thought about it and tried to remember when and where I had collected so many shells. Finally, I remembered vacationing at my aunt and uncle's beach house in Milford, Connecticut. There I collected oyster shells and quahog shells, lots of oyster shells and quahog shells, too many oyster shells and quahog shells.Lot Count: 13
The Fool's Gold Whatnot
Whatnot Item Number: W-0122
Image Number: W-0122-00-00
Title: Fool's Gold
Publication Date: 27-March-2025
When Acquired: Early 1970's
Whatnot History: I casually collected rocks and minerals as a 10-year-old, never as a rockhound but usually received from my dad and grandfather. The neatest collection I had was contained in a wooden box with many labeled samples. The best thing was that some of the mineral samples glowed when a UV lightbulb was shined on them.
This mineral is an example of Iron Pyrite, also known as Fool's Gold for its resemblence to real gold.
Lot Count: 2
The Shredded Money Whatnot
Whatnot Item Number: W-0123
Image Number: W-0123-00-00
Title: Shredded Money
Publication Date: 27-March-2025
When Acquired: Sometime in the 1980's
Whatnot History: I have no clue when and where I got this whatnot, other that it probably came from the Denver Federal Reserve Bank gift store (do they even have a gift store??
Lot Count: 1
The Rubber Band Ball Whatnot
Whatnot Item Number: W-0128
Image Number: W-0128-00-00
Title: Rubber Band Ball
Publication Date: 27-March-2025
When Acquired: Sometime in the 1990's
Whatnot History: The Rocky Mountain News was a daily newspaper published in Denver, Colorado from April 23, 1859, until February 27, 2009. Starting sometime around 1983 I began my subscription to the paper and kept the subscription active until the newspaper folded in 2009.
Back in those days, a physical copy of the newspaper was delivered right to your doorstep by a delivery person. To keep the newspaper from unfolding and blowing away, a red rubber band would usually be wrapped around each newspaper. The rubber bands would seem to be useful, so I would save each one and toss them into the junk drawer in the kitchen for future use. Unfortunately, I rarely found any use for the rubber bands. What to do with them? Hmmm... Then it came to me. As a kid, I remembered cutting open a golf ball and finding windings of elastic inside. Eureka! I can create a ball of red rubber bands!! So I started my ball of red rubber bands. Small and misshapened at the beginning, but eventually it became rounder and rounder. Six days a week (the Sunday paper was too big for the red rubber bands) I would add another red rubber band to the growing ball. Then one day the newspaper and the red rubber bands stopped arriving at my doorstep - the Rocky Mountain News was no more. My red rubber ball ended up being three and a half inches in diameter and weighs 11 and 1/2 ounces (327 grams). Being curious, I wanted to know how many how many red rubber bands there were in the ball. I went to the local Office Depot and bought a variety package of rubber bands. I searched through the bag for all of the rubber bands of the same estimated size as the red rubber bands. I found 60 similar rubber bands and they weighed a total of 21 grams. Some simple math tells me that each selected Office Depot rubber band weighed around 2.857 grams and that the red rubber band ball contains approximately 934 red rubber bands.Lot Count: 1
The Fruit Fossils Whatnot
Whatnot Item Number: W-0121
Image Number: W-0121-00-00
Title: Fruit Fossils
Publication Date: 26-March-2025
When Acquired: 1987 to 1991
Whatnot History: I grew up on the East Coast in Rhode Island. The humidity in Rhode Island can be quite oppressive in the heat of the summer. The worst were what we called a "90-90 Day" which translated to a 90 degree, 90 percent humidity day. On those days if you stood completely still, you would become drenched in sweat and nothing could stop it.
After I graduated from college, I moved to Colorado. In Colorado, the temperature sometimes exceeded 100 degrees but the humidity stayed at a low 10 to 20 percent. On those 100 degree days everyone carried on as usual and we would remind complainers "... but it's a dry heat".
Back in Rhode Island, if you left a piece of fruit, say an orange or a grapefruit, out on the counter for a couple of hot and humid days, the fruit would very quickly turn into a disgusting, fuzzy green blob. Not so in Colorado. No blob, no green, no fuzzy, no disgusting. In my casual observation, nothing bad seemed to happen to the fruit. So I decided to run a fossilization experiment to test this out in a somewhat scientific method. Over a number of years starting in 1987 and continuing until 1991, I placed an orange or a grapefruit out on my desk and watched what happened. I anxiously watched the fruit for any telltale changes. Other than shrinking in size and turning brown, nothing bad happened. I kept my test fruit and even after 30 to 38 years, nothing bad has happened to the fruit.Lot Count: 2
The Frog Whatnot
Whatnot Item Number: W-0117
Image Number: W-0117-00-00
Title: Frog
Publication Date: 19-March-2025
When Acquired: Sometime in the 1990's??
Whatnot History: This frog is just one of many whatnots that I inherited from my paternal grandparents and my paternal great aunt and uncle. As a small child I was delighted to look at (but DO NOT TOUCH!) many different whatnots all over their houses.
Lot Count: 1
The Scottie Dog Whatnot
Whatnot Item Number: W-0118
Image Number: W-0118-00-00
Title: Scottie Dog
Publication Date: 19-March-2025
When Acquired: Sometime in the 2010's??
Whatnot History: This dog is just another one of many whatnots that I inherited from my paternal grandparents and my paternal great aunt and uncle. As a small child I was delighted to look at (but DO NOT TOUCH!) many different whatnots all over their houses.
Lot Count: 1
The Driftwood Whale Whatnot
Whatnot Item Number: W-0119
Image Number: W-0119-00-00
Title: Driftwood Whale
Publication Date: 19-March-2025
When Acquired: February 2024
Whatnot History: I picked this piece of driftwood on the beach in Trinidad, California. I shook off the sand on it and turned it all over in my hands. I suddenly noticed that the driftwook looks the front half of a whale. That's a keeper!!!
Lot Count: 1
The Heavy Chain Whatnot
Whatnot Item Number: W-0116
Image Number: W-0116-00-00
Title: Heavy Chain
Publication Date: 18-March-2025
When Acquired: Sometime in the 1970's??
Whatnot History: I have no idea where I got this chain, maybe in Newport, Rhode Island, but more likely I found it in the abandoned quarry off of Brown Avenue in Johnston Rhode Island.
This is a hefty whatnot. Each of the three chain links is 5" by 4" and the links are made of 1" diameter iron.Lot Count: 1
The African Bowl Whatnot
Whatnot Item Number: W-0115
Image Number: W-0115-00-00
Title: African Bowl
Publication Date: 17-March-2025
When Acquired: Spring 2005
Whatnot History: I went on an African safari back in 2005. We started out in Arusha, Tanzania and visited a whole bunch of national parks including the Tarangire National Park, Lake Manyara National Park, the Ngorongoro Crater, and the Serengeti National Park.
The wildlife was incredible - lions, elephants, leopards, hyenas, rhinos, hippos, antelope, eland, zebras, wildebeest, gazelles, cheetahs, birds of all kinds.Highlights
- Lying in bed in our tent the first night listening to lions roar and chuff.
- Ngorongoro Crater - If you have only one single day to visit Africa, spend it here, you can see an amazing amount of wildlife.
- An early morning balloon ride over the Serengeti followed by a champagne breakfast once we landed.
Lot Count: 2
The Mail a Coconut Whatnot
Whatnot Item Number: W-0113
Image Number: W-0113-00-00
Title: Mail a Coconut
Publication Date: 10-March-2025
When Acquired: April 2012
Whatnot History: Not many people know this, but the United States Postal Service allows you to mail a coconut from Hawaii to anyone you like in the United States. All you need to do is to walk in to a Hawaiian post office an tell them clerk that you want to mail a coconut. I do not think that all Hawaiian post offices offer this service, but I have mailed a coconut from Maui and Molokai.
In my case, the post office had a bin full of coconuts and a basket full of markers. I addressed the coconut and then decorated it appropriately, purchased the correct postage, stuck the stamps to the coconut and away it went. Cool!Lot Count: 1
The Mail a Coconut 2 Whatnot
Whatnot Item Number: W-0114
Image Number: W-0114-00-00
Title: Mail a Coconut 2
Publication Date: 09-March-2025
When Acquired: Spring 2015??
Whatnot History: Not many people know this, but the United States Postal Service allows you to mail a coconut from Hawaii to anyone you like in the United States. All you need to do is to walk in to a Hawaiian post office an tell them clerk that you want to mail a coconut. I do not think that all Hawaiian post offices offer this service, but I have mailed a coconut from Maui and Molokai.
In my case, the post office had a bin full of coconuts and a basket full of markers. I addressed the coconut and then decorated it appropriately, purchased the correct postage, stuck the stamps to the coconut and away it went. Cool!Lot Count: 1
The Blue Koi Whatnot
Whatnot Item Number: W-0111
Image Number: W-0111-00-00
Title: Blue Koi
Publication Date: 07-March-2025
When Acquired: Sometime in the early 2020's.
Whatnot History: My sister gave me this container a while back. The main picture is a sideways view that lets you recognize the koi fish, but it is the second picture that shows you the container in its normal orientation. Finally, the third picture shows you can use the Blue Koi.
Lot Count: 1
The Stained Glass Whatnot
Whatnot Item Number: W-0112
Image Number: W-0112-00-00
Title: Stained Glass
Publication Date: 07-March-2025
When Acquired: The fall of 1982.
Whatnot History: While still in college I took a class in stained glass. I thought it was a lot of fun, and I completed a number of small projects that included this whatnot. Somehow I never continued with stained glass as a hobby, but wonder if I should try to get back into it.
Lot Count: 1
The CRIB-DERBY Whatnot
Whatnot Item Number: W-0110
Image Number: W-0110-00-00
Title: CRIB-DERBY
Publication Date: 03-March-2025
When Acquired: Sometime in the middle 1970's.
Whatnot History: My dad always enjoyed playing card games of all sorts and as my brothers and I grew old enough we were taught how to play these card games and we too enjoyed playing card games.
We played Hearts, Spades, Pinochle, Tripoley, Americana, Canasta, sometimes at home, sometimes at our grandmother's house (with a bottle of Hires Rootbeer!). Cribbage was one of the card games we played, but since it really was best played as a two-player game, the games were played by Dad and one of the brothers. We used this CRIB-DERBY board to keep score of our games. I do not know when and where Dad got the scoreboard but I estimate that he got it sometime in the 1950's and that I took possession of the scoreboard in the 1970's. In my research I found the CRIB-DERBY scoreboard for sale on ebay for anywhere between $11.99 and $26.40. Just remember that you should be wanting this relic as a keepsake and not something to sell.Lot Count: 1
The My Jeep Whatnot
Whatnot Item Number: W-0109
Image Number: W-0109-00-00
Title: My Jeep
Publication Date: 25-February-2025
When Acquired: June 2001
Whatnot History: On October 19, 2024 my yellow 2001 Jeep Wrangler was destroyed in a head-on collision with another vehicle. I was not the least bit injured in the collision considering that the Jeep was parked on the street next to the home where I live and that I was at home in bed and asleep at 4:30 am when the crash happened.
If you would like to read about what happened to my Jeep, click the following link for the complete story about the affair: My Jeep So how do whatnots get wrapped up in this whatnot history? Well, after the police officer completed his accident report, two tow trucks showed up on the scene and hauled the two vehicles away. There was debris all over the place and one of the tow truck drivers did a great job sweeping it all up.A few days after the accident, I noticed that there was still a fair number of small pieces of wreckage on the street and in the rocks along side of the street. There were pieces of glass and metal but mostly it was pieces of plastic. I started to pick up all of the stuff I could find and in a short amount of time I had a nice pile of assorted pieces of both vehicles. Then it hit me - Hey! I can throw all of the pieces I found into a mason jar and display the last remains of my Jeep and the car that hit the Jeep!! Cool! So I did exactly that and created a new whatnot to add to my collection.Lot Count: 2
The Small Green Vase Whatnot
Whatnot Item Number: W-0108
Image Number: W-0108-00-00
Title: Small Green Vase
Publication Date: 14-November-2024
When Acquired: Sometime around 2015.
Whatnot History: This green glass vase belonged to my grandparents. My guess is that my grandparents acquired the vase sometime in the 1950's or earlier, which means that the vase is at least 75 years old. Does that mean that the vase is an antique? I'm not sure.
There is a trademark on the bottom of the vase.Lot Count: 1
The Sugar Shaker Whatnot
Whatnot Item Number: W-0107
Image Number: W-0107-00-00
Title: Sugar Shaker
Publication Date: 13-November-2024
When Acquired: Sometime around 2015.
Whatnot History: I am not sure what to call this jar. Looking on the internet for similar jars, I would identify the jar as either a sugar shaker or a flour sifter. I am going with sugar shaker.
This pink glass jar belonged to my grandparents. My guess is that my grandparents acquired the jar sometime in the 1950's or earlier, which means that the jar is at least 75 years old. Does that mean that the jar is an antique? I'm not sure. There are not any names, numbers, or trademarks on the jar. I liked the jar because it was unusual and looked old.Lot Count: 1
The Round Lava Whatnot
Whatnot Item Number: W-0106
Image Number: W-0106-00-00
Title: Round Lava
Publication Date: 12-November-2024
When Acquired: Sometime in the early 2020's.
Whatnot History: Lava rocks can be found almost anywhere you look on the Hawaiian Islands. Volcanic eruptions of lava are what created Hawaii. What makes this piece of lava special is that it must have spent some amount of time in the ocean where the waves and tides managed to round, smooth, and flatten the rock. I'm sure there are plenty more round, smooth, and flattened lava rocks to be found in Hawaii, but this one caught my eye and I had to have it.
Lot Count: 1
The Blue-Green Bottle Whatnot
Whatnot Item Number: W-0105
Image Number: W-0105-00-00
Title: Blue-Green Bottle
Publication Date: 17-October-2024
When Acquired: Sometime in the late 1970's to early 1980's.
Whatnot History: This blue-green bottle most likely belonged to my grandparents. I don't think that it is an antique, rather, I think that it is a replica of an antique. My guess is that my grandparents acquired the bottle sometime in the 1950's which means that the bottle is somewhere around 75 years old. There are not any names or trademarks on the bottle. I liked the bottle because it was unusual and looked old.
Lot Count: 1
The Blue Vase Whatnot
Whatnot Item Number: W-0103
Image Number: W-0103-00-00
Title: Blue Vase
Publication Date: 29-September-2024
When Acquired: Sometime in the late 1970's to early 1980's.
Whatnot History: This blue bottle most likely belonged to my grandparents. I don't think that it is an antique, rather, I think that it is a replica of an antique. My guess is that my grandparents acquired the bottle sometime in the 1950's which means that the bottle is somewhere around 75 years old. There are not any names or trademarks on the bottle. I liked the bright blue color of the bottle and flower pattern on the face of the bottle.
Lot Count: 1
The Sea Bricks Whatnot
Whatnot Item Number: W-0104
Image Number: W-0104-00-00
Title: Sea Bricks
Publication Date: 29-September-2024
When Acquired: Sometime in the early 1980's
Whatnot History: For those of you that don't know what sea glass is here is a short introduction:
In the days of yore, it was a common practice to throw waste generated by humans into the the ocean, usually close to shore. Waves and rocks on the ocean floor would combine with the waste and pulverize any material weaker than the rocks. In the case of glass bottles bottles, they would be crushed and broken into small pieces. The ocean, however, was not done with the glass pieces. The rocks, pebbles and sand would continuously rub and grate the glass pieces which would smooth out the sharp edges of the glass. Eventually, some of this smoothed out glass fragments would wash up on shore. Humans would then see the often colorful sea glass and some humans would even collect the glass and put it on display. I am one of those humans and I have collected sea glass for more than 65 years. One day, back in the early 1980's, I was out on the Cliff Walk along the coastline of Newport, Rhode Island (Easton's Beach to Bailey Beach). In addition to beautiful ocean views and mansion views I was always on the lookout for shells and sea glass. On this particular walk I came across what looked like a low brick wall that had broken apart and fallen into the ocean. What really caught my eye was a few pieces of brick that did not look rectangular and instead looked round. Sure enough, the one of the brick pieces that I found was composed of two pieces of brick held together with mortar and the whole thing was rounded. The same forces that smoothed out and rounded sea glass worked on brick walls.Lot Count: 2
The Borden Dairy Whatnot
Whatnot Item Number: W-0102
Image Number: W-0102-00-00
Title: Borden Dairy
Publication Date: 17-September-2024
When Acquired: Sometime around 1978?
Whatnot History: I started first grade in 1965 at Brown Avenue Elementary School in Johnston, Rhode Island. Brown Avenue was a small school with six classrooms for grades one through four. The school did not have a cafeteria which meant that everyone would pack their lunch in a lunchbox or lunchbag and bring it with them to school. I had a Get Smart Lunchbox that I was very proud of. It came with a thermos that could be filled with milk, juice, Kool-Aid - whatever you liked. The only problem with the thermos was that the inner container was made of glass. So, if you accidentlly dropped your lunchbox or one of the school bullies grabbed it and tossed it out on the middle of the playground, you ended up with a milky/juicy/Kool-Aidy bottle of shattered glass. I believe that this happened to me at least once or twice.
Hey!! How does Bordens fit into this story? Sorry, let me get back on track. Our school did not have a cafeteria but we could buy a half-pint bottle of milk any day you needed. The milk was provided by Borden Dairy and would cost you four cents per bottle. The milk came in glass bottles, similar to the ones in my whatnot collection pictured here. A year or so later, the glass bottles were replaced with paper cartons and the price was increased to five cents a carton. Click Here for more of the history of Borden Dairy and don't forget about Elsie the Cow!!Lot Count: 2
The Trivet Whatnot
Whatnot Item Number: W-0101
Image Number: W-0101-00-00
Title: Trivet
Publication Date: 01-September-2024
When Acquired: Sometime in early 2016
Whatnot History: My first memory of this trivet was when I was only two or three years old (1960 or 1961). The trivet sat on a low shelf in the kitchen of the house where I grew up. The shelf was low enough that I could look down at it. I don't know why the trivet was important to me, it just was. After my dad passed away in 2015, I found the trivet and it has been in my collection of whatnots ever since then.
The initials "J. Z. H." and the date "1951" can be found on the underside of the trivet. With a little bit of Googling, I found that the initials are for John Zimmerman Harner and that the combination his initials and date refer to the design of the trivet which was called the "Family Tree Cast Iron Trivet". Click Here Or Click Here for more info about Mr. Harner.Lot Count: 1
