Object number
64/229
Description
This is an oven rake found in a cottage in Herefordshire before demolishment. This oven rake was used to remove ashes from a bread oven.
This is an oven rake found, which was found in a cottage in Herefordshire before demolishment. This oven rake was used to remove ashes from a bread oven. Common in this area was a "leasing" hole, into which the ashes were dropped for softening water. The rake was most likely made by the local blacksmith.
Archival history
MERL ‘Handwritten catalogue’ form - ‘OVEN RAKE // Domestic- Cooking // 64/229 // D. M. T. Morcom, West Hanningfield, Chelmsford, Essex. // Used in 19th century for raking ashes in bread oven. Probably used in the cottage in which it was found, Brookfields Cottage, Whitbourne, Herefordshire. Common in this area was a “leasing” hole into which ashes were dropped for softening water. Probably made by local blacksmith. // [pencil sketch]’
Production place
Whitbourne
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_12139.tif - High resolution image
