Caption

Double-sided gingerbread mould. Obverse: stylised elongated fish covered with scales, shown in profile. Reverse: figure of Archangel Michael in a patterned robe decorated with a plant twig, holding scales in his right hand and a sword in his left, with a plant ornament at the bottom. Christianity; folk-style decorations. Applied decorative art; mould made for gingerbread. Rectangular shape. Silesia Province of Silesia, 1742–1918; 18th–19th century. Materials: unspecified. Dimensions: height 13.5 cm, width 6.5 cm, depth 4.5 cm., A rectangular wooden block with a carved fish in relief occupies the center of the image; the fish carving shows a head with a carved eye and mouth, a textured body of overlapping scale shapes, and a tail with carved fin lines. The wood surface displays a range of brown tones with visible grain and some darker brown patches and worn areas, and the background surrounding the block is a smooth pale gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A15_067

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (2.4Mb) / 20.0in x 15.0in / 6000 x 4500 (300dpi)

Keywords

Double-sided gingerbread mould Obverse stylised elongated fish covered scales shown profile Reverse figure Archangel Michael patterned robe decorated plant twig holding scales right hand sword left plant ornament bottom Christianity folk-style decorations Applied decorative art Rectangular shape Silesia Province Silesia 1742–1918 18th–19th century Materials unspecified Dimensions height 13.5 cm width 6.5 cm depth 4.5 cm rectangular wooden block carved fish relief occupies center image fish carving head carved eye mouth textured body overlapping scale shapes tail carved fin lines wood surface displays range brown tones visible grain darker brown patches worn areas background surrounding block smooth pale gray.