Caption

Double-sided gingerbread mould. Obverse: board with letters of the alphabet carved on it. Reverse: image of a running wild boar across a meadow. Double-sided rectangular mould; on one edge a date engraved: 1806, with the letter S on the background of an anchor mark of the woodcarver or gingerbread maker. Materials/subject: animals, gingerbread, folk-style decorations, wild boar iconographic, alphabet, folk motifs. Date: 1806. Place/region: Province of Silesia 1742–1918. Type: form. Dimensions: height 16 cm, width 12 cm, depth 3 cm., A vertical rectangular wooden object with a worn surface and rounded short ends, showing carved indentations and small gouges along its length; the wood is predominantly brown with lighter worn spots and a few darker marks, set against a plain light gray background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A15_041

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (1.3Mb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Double-sided gingerbread mould Obverse board letters alphabet carved Reverse image running wild boar across meadow Double-sided rectangular mould edge date engraved 1806 letter S background anchor mark woodcarver gingerbread maker Materials subject animals folk-style decorations wild boar iconographic alphabet folk motifs Date Place region Province Silesia 1742–1918 Type form Dimensions height 16 cm width 12 cm depth 3 cm vertical rectangular wooden object worn surface rounded short ends showing carved indentations small gouges length wood predominantly brown lighter worn spots darker marks set plain light gray background.