Caption

Double-sided gingerbread mould. Rectangular wooden mold with five motifs on one side, including the alphabet, two babies in swaddling clothes, a skull, and two horses standing opposite each other; reverse side: three human figures on bases two male, one female, each shown in front and back views; additional paired animals on bases: a dog, a rooster, and a sheep. Edge engraved with inscription F. Glauer: signature of the maker or owner and the date 1820. Gingerbread mold, folk art/decorative art, zoomorphic and human motifs; height 11 cm, width 20.4 cm, depth 2.7 cm. Region: Silesia; date: 1820., A vertical rectangular wooden plank with a worn surface is centered against a plain light gray background; the wood shows brown and tan tones with some darker spots and slight surface scratches, and the edges and ends of the plank appear slightly rounded and weathered.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A13_274

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Rights managed

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77.2Mb (768.2Kb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Double-sided gingerbread mould Rectangular wooden mold five motifs side alphabet two babies swaddling clothes skull two horses standing opposite reverse side three human figures bases two male female shown front back views additional paired animals bases dog rooster sheep Edge engraved inscription F Glauer signature maker owner date 1820 Gingerbread mold folk art decorative art zoomorphic human motifs height 11 cm width 20.4 cm depth 2.7 cm Region Silesia date 1820 vertical rectangular wooden plank worn surface centered plain light gray background wood brown tan tones darker spots slight surface scratches edges ends plank slightly rounded weathered.