Caption

Double-sided gingerbread mould. Obverse: three hearts formed from laurel leaves, each enclosing an allegorical scene of female figures in a garden among trees: first, a woman in a long dress holding a wreath next to a small altar decorated with a garland; second, a seated woman in a long dress among bushes and flowers, leaning on a pedestal with a flying bird to her right; third, a seated woman in a dress reading a letter beside a musical instrument zither?. Reverse: a laurel heart enclosing a garden scene with an altar bearing a heart pierced by an arrow, a sun above, and two birds. Decoration also includes a fan and various architectural elements. Gingerbread mould, decorative folk motifs, figurative and genre scenes, houses/architectural elements, female figures, heart pierced with arrows. 19th century, Province of Silesia 1742–1918. Rectangular form; height 31 cm, width 12.7 cm, depth 3 cm., A long vertical wooden beam centered against a smooth gray background, the beam showing a worn brown surface with visible grain, small scratches, scuffs, and a few tiny holes, and subtle variations in brown tones from darker to lighter along its length.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A13_220

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (681.7Kb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Double-sided gingerbread mould Obverse three hearts formed laurel leaves enclosing allegorical scene female figures garden trees first woman long dress holding wreath next small altar decorated garland second seated woman long dress bushes flowers leaning pedestal flying bird right third dress reading letter beside musical instrument zither Reverse laurel heart enclosing garden scene altar bearing heart pierced arrow sun two birds Decoration also includes fan various architectural elements Gingerbread mould decorative folk motifs figurative genre scenes houses architectural elements arrows 19th century Province Silesia 1742–1918 Rectangular form height 31 cm width 12.7 cm depth 3 cm long vertical wooden beam centered smooth gray background beam showing worn brown surface visible grain small scratches scuffs tiny holes subtle variations brown tones darker lighter length.