Antique French Wooden Bread Peel — Provincial Baker’s Paddle, 19th Century art weathering and patina throughout which

weathering and patina throughout which add to its authenticity and charm

Made from glazed earthenware

you get a faint highlight around the perimeter

Original iron latch and hardware

Condition reflects age and use

Antique French Wooden Bread Peel — Provincial Baker’s Paddle, 19th Century art weathering and patina throughout whichA simple tool from a time when bread was made at home. This is a French pelle pain a wooden bread peel used to move loaves in and out of a wood fired oven. Pieces like this were common in rural homes and village ovens across France, where families would bake their bread weekly rather than buy it. You can see the life its had. The edges are worn from use, the surface marked by heat, flour, and handling over many years. The worn edges and patina we fell