N° d'objet
51/261
Description
An oven peel was used for lifting bread and other foodstuffs in and out of a baker’s oven. This peel is made of wrought iron and is round in shape but the wooden handle is missing. It was found in the roof of Woodbury Farm in Little Witley, Worcestershire.
Description physique
1 oven peel: metal [wrought iron]; poor condition: worn and handle missing
Historique d'archive
MERL 'Catalogue index' card – ‘Oven peels were used in most farm houses in the 18th and 19th centuries for inserting and withdrawing loaves from the brick oven. It was usually made of iron, but sometimes of wood, in the shape of a flat, long-handled shovel. // The name PEEL derives from the French “pelle”, a long-handled shovel in common use in France and Italy. Gertrude Jekyll writing in 1925, said that they still survive in the south-west of England as CORNISH SHOVELS. // This peel is made of wrought iron, and has probably been almost round in shape. The wooden handle is missing. It was found in the roof of Woodbury Farm, Little Witley. It measures 15.25 inches in length, including the handle, and is 9.5 inches in diameter.’
Nom d'objet
Matériel
Document électronique
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