Caption

Double-sided gingerbread mould with the image of a rider on both sides;, Gingerbread; folk-style and plant decorations; horses, uniforms, sabres, plant motifs; hussars; horse rider iconography; historical costumes. Rectangular mould: one side shows a rider in a military uniform decorated with braiding, likely a hussar, wearing a high mirliton-type headdress and holding a sabre, with plant decoration at the bottom. The other side depicts a rider in a different military uniform, wearing a cap with a feather, holding a pole weapon lance, with a sabre at his side and the horse’s head covered decoratively; decorative plant motifs at the bottom. 18th–19th century, Province of Silesia 1742–1918. Form: double-sided. Height 17.2 cm; width 9 cm; depth 2 cm., A rectangular wooden panel with a carved relief of a mounted figure occupies the center. The panel is brown with lighter and darker wood grain variations. The carved scene shows a person seated on a horse; the person wears a pointed headpiece and a garment with a laced or patterned front and visible folds. The horse has a detailed head with carved mane and facial features, and its body shows carved decorative patterns. The carved base beneath the horse includes stylized foliage motifs. The wood surface shows tool marks, small holes, and areas of wear and smoothing, and the background around the carving is mostly plain wood. The overall colors visible are shades of brown and beige with subtle variations from the carving and surface texture.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A14_323

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (4.8Mb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Double-sided gingerbread mould image rider sides Gingerbread folk-style plant decorations horses uniforms sabres plant motifs hussars horse iconography historical costumes Rectangular mould side military uniform decorated braiding hussar wearing high mirliton-type headdress holding sabre plant decoration bottom side depicts different military uniform cap feather pole weapon lance horse’s head covered decoratively decorative plant motifs 18th–19th century Province Silesia 1742–1918 Form double-sided Height 17.2 cm width 9 cm depth 2 cm rectangular wooden panel carved relief mounted figure occupies center panel brown lighter darker wood grain variations carved scene person seated person wears pointed headpiece garment laced patterned front visible folds detailed head carved mane facial features body carved decorative patterns carved base beneath includes stylized foliage motifs wood surface tool marks small holes areas wear smoothing background carving mostly plain wood colors visible shades beige subtle variations surface texture.