Gingerbread Mold with Lovers
Very few 15th-century molds made for baking have been preserved. The small shape suggests a specialty product, very likely an inexpensive spiced bread, such as gingerbread. Since the baked goods depicted a couple about to have sex, they were probably intended for the revels as...
Artifact
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27099
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contentType
object
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stage
normalized
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provenance
Ex coll: Oscar Bondy; Leopold Blumka, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, January 1973, by purchase.
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rightsUri
CC0
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language
en
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pageCount
1
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import
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.2329 |
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Medium
earthenware with lead glaze