Caption

Double-sided gingerbread mould. Obverse: seven floral and plant motifs; Reverse: twelve various motifs in frames and medallions. Gingerbread mould with wreaths, human figures, folk-style and floral decorations, decorative art, zoomorphic motifs, figural scenes. Rectangular shape; one side with bouquets of roses and other flowers and two floral wreaths; other side with a sequence of twelve images in a rectangular frame depicting a human figure during farm work, below eight medallions containing representations of human heads and various animals. 18th–19th century, Province of Silesia 1742–1918. Materials: gingerbread mould; height 25.3 cm, width 6.6 cm, depth 1.5 cm., A single vertical rectangular object with rounded corners is centered against a smooth background; the object appears worn with visible scratches and a textured surface and is brown with darker and lighter brown variations, while the background is a uniform light gray with subtle gradient shading.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A14_432

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (472.1Kb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Double-sided gingerbread mould Obverse seven floral plant motifs Reverse twelve various motifs frames medallions Gingerbread mould wreaths human figures folk-style floral decorations decorative art zoomorphic motifs figural scenes Rectangular shape side bouquets roses flowers two floral wreaths sequence twelve images rectangular frame depicting human figure farm work eight medallions containing representations human heads various animals 18th–19th century Province Silesia 1742–1918 Materials gingerbread mould height 25.3 cm width 6.6 cm depth 1.5 cm single vertical rectangular object rounded corners centered smooth background worn visible scratches textured surface brown darker lighter brown variations background uniform light gray subtle gradient shading.