Caption

Double-sided gingerbread form. Obverse: heraldic shield; reverse: plant ornament. Double-sided rectangular form; on one side at the top a heraldic shield with a bipartite field: left, two crossed swords; right, geometric and plant motifs including an image of rue. In the lower part three framed fields, one rectangular, the other two ending with an arc, each containing on a dashed background a rose symbol. Reverse: complex decorative motif of symmetrically arranged and interwoven plant elements. Materials/technique: form. Iconography: coats of arms, roses, plant ornaments, geometric ornaments, swords, crown motif, rue, grapevine. Function: gingerbread mold. Region/date: Silesia, Province of Silesia 1742–1918; 18th–19th century. Dimensions: height 26.7 cm; width 10.2 cm; depth 3.8 cm., A tall rectangular wooden panel with carved decorative motifs, showing a brown wood tone with lighter and darker variations; the top section has two rounded-rectangular recessed panels each containing a carved floral rosette set against vertical grooves, below them a horizontal recessed band with a central carved rosette surrounded by horizontal grooves, and the lower section features a larger carved crest-like shield with ornamental curved lines and stylized leaf and laurel motifs extending upward on either side, all carved in the same brown wood.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A14_409

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77.2Mb (3.3Mb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Double-sided gingerbread form Obverse heraldic shield reverse plant ornament Double-sided rectangular form side top bipartite field left two crossed swords right geometric plant motifs image rue lower part three framed fields rectangular two ending arc containing dashed background rose symbol Reverse complex decorative motif symmetrically arranged interwoven plant elements Materials technique form Iconography coats arms roses plant ornaments geometric ornaments swords crown motif grapevine Function gingerbread mold Region date Silesia Province Silesia 1742–1918 18th–19th century Dimensions height 26.7 cm width 10.2 cm depth 3.8 cm tall rectangular wooden panel carved decorative motifs showing brown wood tone lighter darker variations top section two rounded-rectangular recessed panels carved floral rosette set vertical grooves them horizontal recessed band central carved rosette surrounded horizontal grooves lower section features larger crest- shield ornamental curved lines stylized leaf laurel motifs extending upward brown wood.