Object number
51/245
Collection
Description
This wrought iron potato rake was used for raking potatoes out of the fire when they had been put in the embers to bake. It was a very common down hearth utensil in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Physical description
1 potato rake: metal (wrought iron); good condition
Archival history
MERL list / description [Massingham Collection, October 1989] – 'ACC. NO.: 51/245 // NAME: POTATO RAKE // NEG NO.: 35/2483 // STORAGE: '
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