Antique Breadboard Museum

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, with recipes for breads and cakes contributed by Marie Lester (Instagram: marielesterbaker). The book was 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]