Caption

Double-sided gingerbread mould. Obverse: figure of a bearded man in patterned clothes, richly decorated with geometric motifs, wearing a hat with a feather and blowing a horn French horn; plant ornament at the bottom. Reverse: several small elements including houses with tiled roofs, a cradle decorated with a flower motif, and a chest or bed decorated with a plant twig. Folk-style decorations, figurative scenes; geometric and plant ornaments; male figure; applied/decorative art. Double-sided rectangular form. 18th–19th century, Silesia Province, 1742–1918. Height 30 cm, width 13.8 cm, depth 2 cm., A vertical wooden panel with carved depressions showing a variety of decorative motifs and architectural forms, the wood ranging from medium brown to darker brown patches and a strip of rough, cracked dark brown bark along one side; near the top a carved band with ornate vertical panels and scrolling leaf patterns sits beside a shallow curved floral motif, while below there is a carved rectangular area with a repeated scalloped roof-like texture above a blocky façade of recessed rectangular panels and an arched central opening, and a narrow gabled house shape next to it; the surface shows tool marks, a few shallow curved incisions near the upper edge, a visible crack running from near the top toward the middle, and a lighter thin fissure extending from the lower carved buildings toward the bottom, all set against a neutral gray background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A14_366

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (2.5Mb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Double-sided gingerbread mould Obverse figure bearded man patterned clothes richly decorated geometric motifs wearing hat feather blowing horn French horn plant ornament bottom Reverse several small elements houses tiled roofs cradle decorated flower motif chest bed decorated plant twig Folk-style decorations figurative scenes geometric plant ornaments male figure applied decorative art Double-sided rectangular form 18th–19th century Silesia Province 1742–1918 Height 30 cm width 13.8 cm depth 2 cm vertical wooden panel carved depressions showing variety decorative motifs architectural forms wood ranging medium brown darker brown patches strip rough cracked dark brown bark side near top carved band ornate vertical panels scrolling leaf patterns sits beside shallow curved floral motif carved rectangular area repeated scalloped roof- texture blocky façade recessed rectangular panels arched central opening narrow gabled house shape next surface tool marks incisions near upper edge visible crack running middle lighter thin fissure extending lower carved buildings set neutral gray background.