Caption

Double-sided gingerbread mould. Obverse: four motifs — at top a female figure in a long patterned dress with a low neckline; below, a basket of flowers; below that, a seated young naked man with long hair sitting among flowers and smoking a pipe, with a skull and crossbones at his feet inscribed MEMENTO MORI; at the very bottom a wreath woven from leaves and flowers. Reverse: five images of infants in patterned swaddling clothes. Materials/subject: gingerbread mould; gingerbread; decorative folk motifs; wreaths; female figures in rich dresses; Transience personification; floral decorations; allegorical representations; infants. Double-sided, rectangular mould. 19th century. Province of Silesia 1742–1918. Form dimensions: height 36.5 cm; width 8.8 cm; depth 1.5 cm. Creator: unknown., A tall narrow wooden panel with a vertical arrangement of carved motifs, showing a carved figure of a person in a dress near the top, a decorative basket of flowers below that, a seated figure with flowing hair and surrounding ornamentation further down, and a circular wreath-like carving near the bottom, all in shades of brown on a light gray background.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A13_234

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77.2Mb (1.6Mb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Double-sided gingerbread mould Obverse four motifs top female figure long patterned dress low neckline basket flowers seated young naked man long hair sitting smoking pipe skull crossbones feet inscribed Memento Mori bottom wreath woven leaves Reverse five images infants swaddling clothes Materials subject gingerbread mould gingerbread decorative folk motifs wreaths female figures rich dresses Transience personification floral decorations allegorical representations Double-sided rectangular mould 19th century Province Silesia 1742–1918 Form dimensions height 36.5 cm width 8.8 cm depth 1.5 cm Creator unknown tall narrow wooden panel vertical arrangement carved motifs showing carved figure person dress near decorative basket seated figure flowing hair surrounding ornamentation further down circular wreath- carving near shades brown light gray background.