The Antique Breadboard Museum is a small museum in Putney, London dedicated to breadboards (bread cutting boards).
The Antique Breadboard Museum is a small museum in Putney, London dedicated to breadboards (bread cutting boards).
The breadboard collection was amassed by antique dealer Rosslyn Neave, after she died in 2017 [1] her daughter Madeleine Neave opened the museum. [2]
The museum is in an early terraced Victorian cottage in Putney, [3] within the Charlwood road and Lifford street conservation area. [4]
There are over 400 breadboards in the collection, which date from 1848 to the 1990s. [5] There are also bread knives, butter knives and butter dishes in the collection. [6] The earliest dateable breadboard in the collection dates from 1848 [7] and is by woodcarver William Gibbs Rogers (1792 - 1875). [8]
Madeleine Neave wrote the book Vintage Breadboards about the collection, published by Prospect Books in Barnes in 2019. [9]
Visits to the museum are by appointment, and are a personal tour from the museum owner for limited size groups, as only four can fit around the collection table at one time. [10]
The museum is a 5-minute walk from Putney High Street, which is served by Transport for London buses 14, 22, 220, 337, 37 and 39. Putney railway station (Southwestern Railway) is an 8-minute walk from the museum. The Santander Cycles Putney Rail Station docking station is a 10-minute walk from the museum. [11]
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