Late 18th Century English Antique Copper Baked Potato / Jacket Potato Rake

An 18th-century English antique copper baked potato rake.

Inscribed verso "G.H.B." - possibly the owners initials.

The rake was used to drag cooked jacket potatoes out of the open fire or hot embers.

Formed from heavy gauge copper, the finial formed as a decorative hanger over a stem with scratch-carved detail, terminating on a hook-shaped tapering blade. 

Provenance - Sourced from North Yorkshire, England.

Condition - Good as per the images. A further detailed condition report is available upon request.

Size: Length

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