Caption

Double-sided gingerbread mould. Rectangular form, height 25.8 cm, width 19.4 cm, depth 4.3 cm. Obverse: image of a rider — figure of a cavalier on horseback in early 19th-century riding attire jacket, breeches, top hat, holding a riding crop; at the horse’s front legs a round shield engraved “1831” and a mark showing an anchor intertwined with the letter “S”; bottom decorated with floral and plant ornament. Reverse: stylised lion with abundant mane standing on a base decorated with plant-twig ornament, holding a ball engraved “1829” and the same anchor-with-S mark; bottom with floral and plant decoration. Materials/technique: carved mould for gingerbread applied art. Iconography: rider on a horse, lions, plant motifs; historical costumes. Place/date attribution: Silesia, Province of Silesia 1742–1918; dates on images 1829 and 1831., A carved wooden panel shows a stylized animal with a large mane and a curled tail, rendered in relief against a plain wooden background; the carving includes flowing, wavy lines for the mane, a rounded head with a pronounced snout and visible eye, a raised decorative collar, and a textured base with carved floral and geometric motifs; the wood tones are warm brown with variations and darker carved recesses, and the background shows lighter brown areas and subtle scratches.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A14_342

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (3.5Mb) / 20.0in x 15.0in / 6000 x 4500 (300dpi)

Keywords

Double-sided gingerbread mould Rectangular form height 25.8 cm width 19.4 cm depth 4.3 cm Obverse image rider figure cavalier horseback early 19th-century riding attire jacket breeches top hat holding riding crop horse’s front legs round shield engraved “1831” mark showing anchor intertwined letter “S” bottom decorated floral plant ornament Reverse stylised lion abundant mane standing base decorated plant-twig ornament ball “1829” anchor- -S mark bottom plant decoration Materials technique carved mould gingerbread applied art Iconography horse lions plant motifs historical costumes Place date attribution Silesia Province Silesia 1742–1918 dates images 1829 1831 carved wooden panel stylized animal large mane curled tail rendered relief plain wooden background carving includes flowing wavy lines mane rounded head pronounced snout visible eye raised decorative collar textured base carved floral geometric motifs wood tones warm brown variations darker recesses background lighter brown areas subtle scratches.