Caption

Double-sided gingerbread mold. Obverse: baby in swaddling clothes, richly decorated with various geometric and plant motifs. Reverse: two rectangular frames filled with geometric ornaments. Double-sided rectangular mold; applied/decorative folk art. 18th–19th century. Province of Silesia 1742–1918. Mold; height 40.5 cm, width 9.5 cm, depth 2.3 cm. Subjects: babies, human figures, geometric ornaments, plant ornaments, folk motifs; gingerbread., A long narrow vertical wooden plank with a weathered tan-brown surface suspended against a smooth light gray background, showing a few small round holes and darker scuff marks along its length and a faint area of reddish pigment near the lower portion.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A14_485

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Keywords

Double-sided gingerbread mold Obverse baby swaddling clothes richly decorated various geometric plant motifs Reverse two rectangular frames filled geometric ornaments Double-sided rectangular mold applied decorative folk art 18th–19th century Province Silesia 1742–1918 Mold height 40.5 cm width 9.5 cm depth 2.3 cm Subjects babies human figures plant ornaments folk motifs long narrow vertical wooden plank weathered tan-brown surface suspended smooth light gray background showing small round holes darker scuff marks length faint area reddish pigment near lower portion.