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; at the feet of this figure 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/subject: gingerbread mould, gingerbread, decorative art; motifs include wreaths, female figures in rich dresses, Transience personification, floral decorations, allegorical representations, infants, folk motifs. Double-sided, rectangular mould. Date: 19th century. Place: Province of Silesia 1742–1918. Dimensions: height 36.5 cm, width 8.8 cm, depth 1.5 cm. Creator/author unknown., A vertical rectangular object with a rough, textured surface in dark brown and black tones is centered against a smooth light gray background; the object shows subtle variations of darker and slightly rusty brown along its edges and small pitted marks on its surface.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A13_238

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Rights managed

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77.2Mb (372.8Kb) / 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 feet figure skull crossbones inscription MEMENTO MORI bottom wreath woven leaves Reverse five images infants swaddling clothes Materials subject gingerbread mould gingerbread decorative art motifs include wreaths female figures rich dresses Transience personification floral decorations allegorical representations folk motifs Double-sided rectangular mould Date 19th century Place Province Silesia 1742–1918 Dimensions height 36.5 cm width 8.8 cm depth 1.5 cm Creator author unknown vertical rectangular object rough textured surface dark brown black tones centered smooth light gray background object subtle variations darker slightly rusty brown edges small pitted marks surface.