Caption

Double-sided gingerbread mould. Side A: bison; Side B: three figures — a bachelor in early-19th-century costume with a hat, wearing a justokor, artificial trousers and high boots; a baby in swaddling clothes decorated with a plant twig; and a fish with an elongated, scaled body. Rectangular wooden mould with an engraved date 1806 on the edge; the middle of the date shows the letter S against an anchor manufacturer's/gingerbread maker's mark. Materials: wood; function: gingerbread mould; style: folk art/folk customs; iconography includes Striding Bull, figurative and zoomorphic motifs, decorative art. Date: 1806. Place: Province of Silesia 1742–1918. Dimensions: height 19.5 cm, width 10.5 cm, depth 4.3 cm. Maker: unknown woodcarver or gingerbread maker., A rectangular wooden board with a smooth brown surface shows carved reliefs of a fish at the top, a patterned wrapped figure in the middle, and a standing humanlike figure at the bottom; the carvings show textured scale details on the fish and decorative swirling patterns on the wrapped figure, with facial features visible on the middle and bottom figures; the wood displays variations in brown tones, with lighter and darker brown streaks and patches, and the background around the board is a neutral gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A13_205

License type

Rights managed

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77.2Mb (3.2Mb) / 20.0in x 15.0in / 6000 x 4500 (300dpi)

Keywords

Double-sided gingerbread mould Side A bison Side B three figures bachelor early-19th-century costume hat wearing justokor artificial trousers high boots baby swaddling clothes decorated plant twig fish elongated scaled body Rectangular wooden mould engraved date 1806 edge middle date letter S anchor manufacturer's gingerbread maker's mark Materials wood function gingerbread mould style folk art folk customs iconography includes Striding Bull figurative zoomorphic motifs decorative art Date 1806 Place Province Silesia 1742–1918 Dimensions height 19.5 cm width 10.5 cm depth 4.3 cm Maker unknown woodcarver gingerbread maker rectangular wooden board smooth brown surface carved reliefs top patterned wrapped figure standing humanlike figure bottom carvings textured scale details decorative swirling patterns wrapped figure facial features visible bottom figures wood displays variations brown tones lighter darker streaks patches background board neutral gray.