Antique French Wooden Bread Peel — Provincial Baker’s Paddle, 19th Century bathroom The shallow fluted form sits

The shallow fluted form sits on an oval pedestal base and has developed a rich natural patina of rust and soft verdigris

We could see all 4 down a grand hallway

7 available as a set

contrast them against modern upholstery

Antique French Wooden Bread Peel — Provincial Baker’s Paddle, 19th Century bathroom The shallow fluted form sitsA 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