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This is an oven peel, which was used for lifting bread and other foodstuffs in and out of a baker’s oven. This example is wooden, with a squarish flat surface and a short handle. This came to the museum as part of the Sharp collection.

1 oven peel: wood; good condition

The Sharp Collection of agricultural and dairying equipment was compiled by Reverend C. J. Sharp at Wonersh, Surrey. Reverend Sharp died in 1967 and the Museum acquired the Collection for £60 in 1968., MERL ‘Handwritten Catalogue’ form - ‘OVEN PEEL // Domestic Cooking // SHARP COLLECTION // wood [pencil drawing].’