Caption

Double-sided gingerbread mold. Obverse: fish; reverse: baby in swaddling clothes. Gingerbread mold used for making gingerbread, folk-style decorations depicting children and geometric ornaments. Double-sided rectangular mold: one side shows a baby in swaddling clothes richly decorated with various geometric motifs; the other side shows a stylized elongated fish covered with scales. Applied/decorative folk art, Silesia Province of Silesia, 1742–1918, 18th–19th century. Mold; height 16.7 cm, width 7.8 cm, depth 3.4 cm., A rectangular wooden block with a carved fish shape on its top surface sits against a smooth background. The block is brown with visible wood grain and a few darker knots and worn areas. The carved fish shows textured scale details and a defined tail, all in the same brown wood color. The background is mostly grey with subtle variations in tone, creating a soft shadow beneath the block.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A14_293

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (518.9Kb) / 20.0in x 15.0in / 6000 x 4500 (300dpi)

Keywords

Double-sided gingerbread mold Obverse fish reverse baby swaddling clothes Gingerbread mold gingerbread folk-style decorations depicting children geometric ornaments Double-sided rectangular mold side swaddling clothes richly decorated various geometric motifs stylized elongated fish covered scales Applied decorative folk art Silesia Province Silesia 1742–1918 18th–19th century Mold height 16.7 cm width 7.8 cm depth 3.4 cm rectangular wooden block carved fish shape top surface sits smooth background block brown visible wood grain darker knots worn areas carved fish textured scale details defined tail brown wood color background mostly grey subtle variations tone creating soft shadow beneath block.