THAYER 1881 CAST IRON TRIVET STOVE LID POT LIFTER. This is an antique cast iron kitchen lifter device. “PAT MAY” can be seen along with BY W. THAYER” Measures approx 5 3/4″ x 4. From an estate collection. Thayer of Cleveland was granted Patent No. 241,893 on May 24, 1881 for his “universal tool” designed with a circular handle furnished with various hooks and projections and with finger-holes… ” An early flyer listed seven functions, including “for tendering a tough beefsteak. Other functions: trivet, stove lid lifter, pot bail hook, pie crimper, bottle opener, candleholder. An item in the August 25, 1883 edition of the Seymour Daily Democrat. In Seymour, Indiana, touted Thayer’s Household Combination. ” The item also said “that for ingenuity and adaptation of many and various uses excels anything we have ever seen or heard of. It lifts dishes, pies, stove covers, ash pans; is useful in carrying or emptying any kind of vessel; and is a capital stand for a sad-iron or teapot and a beefsteak pounder equal to the best. See 300 Years, 4. PLEASE NOTE THAT OUR BUSINESS IS ANTIQUES AND VINTAGE COLLECTIBLES. ITEMS ARE PREVIOUSLY LOVED AND MOST NOT IN PERFECT CONDITION UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED. MANY OF THE ITEMS ARE VERY OLD. PLEASE VIEW PHOTOS CAREFULLY AS WE HAVE DONE OUR BEST TO SHOW ANY IMPERFECTIONS IN THE PICTURES. Listing and template services provided by inkFrog.