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Double-sided gingerbread mould. Obverse: genre scene; reverse: three depictions. Genre scenes, gingerbread moulds, babies, children, riders, floral motifs, marriages, plant motifs, decorative/applied art, gingerbread, social satire, rider on a horse iconography. Silesia Province of Silesia, 1742–1918. Description: double-sided rectangular mould; on one side a genre scene depicting a man standing by a washtub washing, behind him a woman holding a baby in swaddling clothes; below a plaque with an inscription in German; made in Schwabach. Second side: three motifs — bottom left a rider in a hat on a horse; above him a rectangular recess containing a second rectangle with the letters I and B carved, surrounded by geometric and plant ornaments; on the right, another tripartite rectangular recess, each segment with a vertical strip of floral decoration; above it carved initials A and H. 18th–19th century. Form dimensions: height 24.7 cm, width 16.8 cm, depth 4.2 cm., A vertical wooden plank with a worn, rough surface and irregular edges suspended against a smooth light gray background; the plank shows a brown color with darker and lighter brown variations, areas of small round pitting and tiny holes, a few chipped and eroded sections revealing a rougher internal texture, and subtle grayish spots and smudges along its face.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A14_267

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

77.2Mo (1.3Mo) / 38.1cm x 50.8cm / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Double-sided gingerbread mould Obverse genre scene reverse three depictions Genre scenes gingerbread moulds babies children riders floral motifs marriages plant motifs decorative applied art social satire rider horse iconography Silesia Province Silesia 1742–1918 Description double-sided rectangular mould side genre scene depicting man standing washtub washing woman holding baby swaddling clothes plaque inscription German Schwabach Second side three motifs bottom left hat horse rectangular recess containing second rectangle letters I B carved surrounded geometric plant ornaments right another tripartite rectangular recess segment vertical strip floral decoration carved initials H 18th–19th century Form dimensions height 24.7 cm width 16.8 cm depth 4.2 cm vertical wooden plank worn rough surface irregular edges suspended smooth light gray background plank brown color darker lighter brown variations areas small round pitting tiny holes chipped eroded sections revealing rougher internal texture subtle grayish spots smudges face.