This section is from the book "Elementary Metal Work", by Charles Godfrey Leland. Also available from Amazon: Elementary Metal Work.
If we make three C's of strip-iron and rivet them at equal distances round on a circle, as shown in Fig.18, we have something on which a cup, or small bowl may be placed, or into which a cylindrical glass, such as a bottle or tumbler may be put. The form or shape of the supports may be very much varied.

Fig. 18. Stand for a Bowl.
Fig. 19.

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