Caption

Double-sided gingerbread form, rectangular; one side: sheep grazing in a meadow; other side: goat with lush fur and long backward-curved horns, with a fragment of a flowery meadow at the bottom. Gingerbread mold with plant ornaments and floral decorations, zoomorphic/folk motifs. Materials: gingerbread form. Date: 18th–19th century. Region: Silesia Province of Silesia, 1742–1918. Dimensions: height 19.2 cm, width 13.2 cm, depth 3.7 cm., A rectangular wooden block sits on a smooth light-gray surface against a pale-gray background, showing a carved recessed image of an animal with a textured body and a curled tail; the block is brown with darker brown carved areas and subtle variations in wood grain, and there is a soft shadow beneath and to one side.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A15_007

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (689.9Kb) / 20.0in x 15.0in / 6000 x 4500 (300dpi)

Keywords

Double-sided gingerbread form rectangular side sheep grazing meadow goat lush fur long backward-curved horns fragment flowery meadow bottom Gingerbread mold plant ornaments floral decorations zoomorphic folk motifs Materials Date 18th–19th century Region Silesia Province Silesia 1742–1918 Dimensions height 19.2 cm width 13.2 cm depth 3.7 cm rectangular wooden block sits smooth light-gray surface pale-gray background showing carved recessed image animal textured body curled tail block brown darker brown carved areas subtle variations wood grain soft shadow beneath side.