Caption

Double-sided gingerbread mould. Side A: bison Striding Bull iconography. Side B: three representations — a bachelor in early 19th-century costume hat, justokor, artificial trousers, high boots, a baby in swaddling clothes decorated with a plant twig, and a fish with an elongated, scaled body. Rectangular wooden form with an engraved date 1806; between the numerals is the letter S against an anchor likely the maker's mark. Materials: wood; function: gingerbread mould; style: folk art/folk customs with figurative and zoomorphic motifs. Dimensions: height 19.5 cm, width 10.5 cm, depth 4.3 cm. Place/date: Province of Silesia, 1806., woodcarver or gingerbread maker., A rectangular wooden block with a carved animal figure on its top surface sits on a smooth light gray background; the block shows a warm brown wood tone with darker brown carved recesses and a slightly glossy finish, and there are a few small worn areas and subtle variations in the wood grain.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A13_209

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Rights managed

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77.2Mb (687.6Kb) / 20.0in x 15.0in / 6000 x 4500 (300dpi)

Keywords

Double-sided gingerbread mould Side A bison Striding Bull iconography Side B three representations bachelor early 19th-century costume hat justokor artificial trousers high boots baby swaddling clothes decorated plant twig fish elongated scaled body Rectangular wooden form engraved date 1806 numerals letter S anchor maker's mark Materials wood function gingerbread mould style folk art folk customs figurative zoomorphic motifs Dimensions height 19.5 cm width 10.5 cm depth 4.3 cm Place date Province Silesia 1806 woodcarver gingerbread maker rectangular wooden block carved animal figure top surface sits smooth light gray background block warm brown wood tone darker brown carved recesses slightly glossy finish small worn areas subtle variations wood grain.