Santa Margarita Gridiron/Trivet 1986.008.29303D Model
A wrought-iron gridiron was used in the cooking and serving of food on the 1622 galleon Santa Margarita. The piece was bent and folded on itself as the galleon was shipwrecked. The iron of this object decomposed during the long undersea immersion, and this piece is cast of resin from the calcareous marine concretion mold that formed around the original. A gridiron was a grate used for grilling or broiling: The grate could be placed over hot coals or next to a fire to cook food, especially meats and fish. The four-legged gridiron could also serve as a trivet to set hot pots and pans on, to keep them from damaging tables, counters, or decks. The Margarita gridiron grate is made of flat, one-centimeter wide bars, 26.2 centimeters long.
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