Caption

Double-sided gingerbread mould. Obverse: baptism scene; Reverse: floral ornament. Genre scenes, gingerbread moulds, folk-style decorations, baptisms, floral motifs, plant motifs, applied art, decorative art, gingerbread, figurative scenes, historical costumes. Double-sided rectangular mould: on one side a genre scene depicting a baptism — a group of figures in 17th–18th century costumes; in the centre a bearded man, probably a priest or pastor, holding a child over a baptismal font, next to him three women in long patterned dresses; the whole group surrounded by an arched window decorated with rich geometric and plant ornament. On the other side a large leaf-shaped ornament containing interwoven floral and plant motifs. 18th–19th century, Province of Silesia 1742–1918. Form: rectangular mould. Height 26 cm, width 14.5 cm, depth 2.7 cm., A rectangular wooden block with a carved recessed oval scene sits on a smooth grey background; the block shows a worn brown wood surface with darker and lighter brown variations and some rougher, textured edges, and the carved area contains detailed low-relief patterns and figures in brown tones.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A14_257

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Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (889.8Kb) / 20.0in x 15.0in / 6000 x 4500 (300dpi)

Keywords

Double-sided gingerbread mould Obverse baptism scene Reverse floral ornament Genre scenes gingerbread moulds folk-style decorations baptisms floral motifs plant motifs applied art decorative art gingerbread figurative scenes historical costumes Double-sided rectangular mould side genre scene depicting baptism group figures 17th–18th century costumes centre bearded man priest pastor holding child baptismal font next three women long patterned dresses whole group surrounded arched window decorated rich geometric plant ornament large leaf-shaped ornament containing interwoven floral 18th–19th century Province Silesia 1742–1918 Form rectangular mould Height 26 cm width 14.5 cm depth 2.7 cm rectangular wooden block carved recessed oval scene sits smooth grey background block worn brown wood surface darker lighter brown variations rougher textured edges carved area contains detailed low-relief patterns brown tones.