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. Rectangular double-sided mould; on one edge a date engraved: 1806, with the letter S between the digits on the background of an anchor mark of the woodcarver or gingerbread maker—owner of the form. Folk-style decoration, animals, wild boar iconography, alphabet. Material: wood form. Date: 1806. Place/style: Silesia Province of Silesia, 1742–1918. Dimensions: height 16 cm, width 12 cm, depth 3 cm., A single vertical wooden object with a weathered surface and a tapered top, showing a group of diagonal cracks and a few small circular marks, suspended against a plain light gray background; visible colors include brown tones on the wood and gray in the background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A15_042

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (2.1Mb) / 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 Rectangular double-sided mould edge date engraved 1806 letter S digits background anchor mark woodcarver gingerbread maker owner form Folk-style decoration animals wild boar iconography alphabet Material wood Date Place style Silesia Province Silesia 1742–1918 Dimensions height 16 cm width 12 cm depth 3 cm single vertical wooden object weathered surface tapered top showing group diagonal cracks small circular marks suspended plain light gray background visible colors include brown tones gray background.