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68/135
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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, which was usually very deep. They were in common use in most farmhouses during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This peel is made of wood, with a square shaped shovel and a short round handle. This came to the museum as part of the Sharp collection.
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1 oven paddle: wood; good condition
[nb-NO]Archival history[nb-NO]
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].’
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- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_8936.tif - High resolution image
