Caption

Double-sided gingerbread mold. Obverse: baby in swaddling clothes richly decorated with various geometric motifs; reverse: stylized elongated fish covered with scales. Gingerbread mold; folk-style decorations; applied/decorative art; folk customs; geometric ornaments; children; fish. 18th–19th century, Province of Silesia 1742–1918. Material: mold for gingerbread. Dimensions: height 16.7 cm; width 7.8 cm; depth 3.4 cm., A rectangular wooden panel with a carved fish motif occupies the center, the fish rendered in shallow relief with a rounded head, a carved eye and mouth, a textured body of repeating scale-shaped cutouts, and a fan-shaped tail with carved striations; the panel shows natural wood grain, knots, small holes, and areas of darker and lighter brown, set against a smooth gray background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A14_289

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (2.8Mb) / 20.0in x 15.0in / 6000 x 4500 (300dpi)

Keywords

Double-sided gingerbread mold Obverse baby swaddling clothes richly decorated various geometric motifs reverse stylized elongated fish covered scales Gingerbread mold folk-style decorations applied decorative art folk customs geometric ornaments children fish 18th–19th century Province Silesia 1742–1918 Material mold gingerbread Dimensions height 16.7 cm width 7.8 cm depth 3.4 cm rectangular wooden panel carved fish motif occupies center fish rendered shallow relief rounded head carved eye mouth textured body repeating scale-shaped cutouts fan-shaped tail carved striations panel natural wood grain knots small holes areas darker lighter brown set smooth gray background.