Caption

Double-sided gingerbread mould with the image of a rider on both sides, gingerbread; two-sided rectangular mould: one side shows a rider in a military uniform decorated with braiding, likely a hussar formation, wearing a high mirliton-type headgear, holding a sabre, with plant decoration at the bottom; the other side shows 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, with plant motifs at the bottom; folk-style decorations, plant motifs, sabres, horse rider iconography, historical costumes; 18th–19th century, Province of Silesia 1742–1918; form; height 17.2 cm, width 9 cm, depth 2 cm., A long narrow wooden plank displayed vertically with a weathered brown surface showing wood grain, small holes, and worn edges against a smooth gray background; there are faint reddish markings near the top and variations of darker and lighter brown tones across the plank.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A14_325

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (1.7Mb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Double-sided gingerbread mould image rider sides gingerbread two-sided rectangular mould side military uniform decorated braiding hussar formation wearing high mirliton-type headgear holding sabre plant decoration bottom different military uniform wearing cap feather pole weapon lance horse's head covered decoratively plant motifs folk-style decorations sabres horse iconography historical costumes 18th–19th century Province Silesia 1742–1918 form height 17.2 cm width 9 cm depth 2 cm long narrow wooden plank displayed vertically weathered brown surface showing wood grain small holes worn edges smooth gray background faint reddish markings near top variations darker lighter brown tones across plank.