Gingerbread mould

Furniture Collection

Accession Nr.: 2655
Place of production: Lőcse (Levoča) (presumably)
Inscription: FW
Materials: pearwood
Techniques: carved
Dimensions:
width: 17,5 cm
length: 26 cm
Shape of a standing rectangle. It depicts Mary, dressed in the Sun, standing on a moon crescent with the child Christ, holding a sceptre. There are two winged angel heads at her feet. The picture was probably modelled on a portable statue of Mary on a shrine.

Literature

  • Szerk.: Péter Márta: Reneszánsz és manierizmus. Az európai iparművészet korszakai. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1988. - Nr. 381.
  • Weiner Piroska: Faragott mézeskalácsformák. Corvina Kiadó, Budapest, 1981. - Nr. 36.