Caption

Double-sided gingerbread mould. Obverse: four motifs — at the top a female figure in a long patterned dress with a low neckline; below, a basket of flowers; even lower, a seated young naked man with long hair sitting among flowers and smoking a pipe, at his feet a skull with crossbones and the inscription MEMENTO MORI; at the very bottom a wreath woven from leaves and flowers. Reverse: five images of infants in patterned swaddling clothes. Materials/technique: gingerbread mould for gingerbread; decorative folk-art style with wreaths, floral decorations, allegorical representations including Transience/personification., unknown provenance; Silesia Province of Silesia, 1742–1918. 19th century. Double-sided rectangular mould. Dimensions: height 36.5 cm, width 8.8 cm, depth 1.5 cm., A single narrow vertical object with a rough, uneven surface is centered against a smooth, light gray background; the object is brown with darker brown variations and small textured markings, and there is a visible crack near its upper portion.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A13_236

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (384.1Kb) / 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 even lower seated young naked man long hair sitting smoking pipe feet skull crossbones inscription MEMENTO MORI bottom wreath woven leaves Reverse five images infants swaddling clothes Materials technique decorative folk-art style wreaths floral decorations allegorical representations Transience personification unknown provenance Silesia Province Silesia 1742–1918 19th century Double-sided rectangular mould Dimensions height 36.5 cm width 8.8 cm depth 1.5 cm single narrow vertical object rough uneven surface centered smooth light gray background object brown darker variations small textured markings visible crack near upper portion.