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One-sided gingerbread form with various representations, woodcarver or gingerbread maker, gingerbread form, figurative motifs, folk-style decorations, cornucopia ornament, dates, applied art, holiday traditions, lamb symbol, zoomorphic motifs, Silesia Province of Silesia, 1742–1918, babies, souvenirs. One-sided rectangular form with ten small images: bird, cornucopia, lamb, baby in swaddling clothes, crayfish, fish, girl in a dress, another lamb, lion, sun; on one edge a date engraved 1810 with the letter S against an anchor maker’s mark. 18th–19th century. Form: height 20.6 cm, width 12 cm, depth 4 cm., A rectangular wooden board with carved compartments containing a group of decorative relief shapes, shown against a neutral gray background; the board is brown with visible wood grain and wear, and contains a few carved figures including a sunburst with a face, a fish with textured scales, a lamb with a patterned fleece, a horn-shaped design with floral motifs, a cornucopia-like carved form, a carved spoon or ladle motif, a stylized human figure with patterned clothing, and several ornamental bird or animal head carvings; the carved areas are darker brown than the smoother surface, and there are subtle variations of tan and beige in the wood.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A14_423

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

77.2Mo (5.3Mo) / 50.8cm x 38.1cm / 6000 x 4500 (300dpi)

Mots clés

-sided gingerbread form various representations woodcarver gingerbread maker gingerbread form figurative motifs folk-style decorations cornucopia ornament dates applied art holiday traditions lamb symbol zoomorphic motifs Silesia Province Silesia 1742–1918 babies souvenirs -sided rectangular form ten small images bird cornucopia lamb baby swaddling clothes crayfish fish girl dress another lamb lion sun edge date engraved 1810 letter S anchor maker’s mark 18th–19th century Form height 20.6 cm width 12 cm depth 4 cm rectangular wooden board carved compartments containing group decorative relief shapes shown neutral gray background board brown visible wood grain wear contains carved figures sunburst face textured scales patterned fleece horn-shaped design floral motifs cornucopia- carved form carved spoon ladle motif stylized human figure patterned clothing several ornamental bird animal head carvings carved areas darker brown smoother surface subtle variations tan beige wood.